Avatar not spinning

OK so I took my new spinning 8-ball and added a "twinkle" Now I see it spin where its inserted above and on my profile page BUT, it doesn't spin on old posts or on the leader boards.
What is going on?
Jeff
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Ben wrote:
Jeff Bohrer wrote:
altenbach wrote:
It still needs some work. It should continues spinning smoothly during the twinkle....
This is LabVIEW after all!
(In a text program I would understand that it can do only one thing at the time, either spin or sparkle!)
OK-- Youu are correct.
All better now! Thanks for the assist in joining the "twinkle club"
Its the forum's verions of color coded hoodies except we carry around knowledge instead of guns and knives. Tagging also has a different meaning here.
Ben
They ACTUALLY DO have hoodies! LOL!! (please Xcuse the txt) OMG!
Jeff

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