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CD is telling the truth. Howgh!
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Proposal to increase max image size limit
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I actually went out and grabbed a third monitor—thinking that might fix things—but nope, still no luck... 🤷
Proposal to increase max image size limit
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Bump that resolution up!
Proposal to increase max image size limit
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It’s definitely better than having to do it all by yourself. 🤣
Proposal to increase max image size limit
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Adi definitely has the moves—his footwork is honestly pretty enviable. You can't help but wonder how he'd hold up on Dancing with the Stars.
Proposal to increase max image size limit
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I'm not stuck using some ancient dial-up modem from the 90s—I don't exactly have half an hour to wait just to download a single megabyte. 😱
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The page still loaded for me in just a few seconds anyway. 😁
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Harold Taylor6 said:Michelle Alvarez8 makes a solid point. Honestly, the actual size of an image doesn't really impact how the server performs. It’s more about the browser itself—you know, when someone loads a massive thread full of high-res photos for the very first time? If they're browsing on a smartphone, things might get a little sluggish. Maybe we could consider approving specific threads where images are the main attraction and allow larger dimensions there, while keeping everything else on the rest of the site at a standard 640x480.
If you keep this up—honestly—you won't stay a moderator for long! 😁
Proposal to increase max image size limit
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It’s not all written just for you—honestly. 😉
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Sophia Thomas7 said:Look, we don't "all" know this. On a subreddit where half the crowd can't even figure out how to set up a signature or use the multi-quote tool, what I just laid out is strictly advanced stuff. Just because you and I are on the same page doesn't mean everyone else is.
The comment was basically saying that people don't really care about how heavy the image files are. Honestly, if you look at PC gaming, where everyone is constantly demanding these massive, high-res textures that take up gigabytes, we can definitely expect the same kind of thing here on Reddit. That said, if you decide to allow higher resolutions—which, personally, I’m fine with since I’m long past the era of using a tiny 14" CRT monitor—you should probably prepare for a lot more huge files hitting the threads.
The real issue is—honestly?—even the admins don't seem to get it.
Sophia Thomas7 said:Look, we don't "all" know this. On a subreddit where half the crowd can't even figure out how to set up a signature or use the multi-quote tool, what I just laid out is strictly advanced stuff. Just because you and I are on the same page doesn't mean everyone else is.
The comment was basically saying that people don't really care about how heavy the image files are. Honestly, if you look at PC gaming, where everyone is constantly demanding these massive, high-res textures that take up gigabytes, we can definitely expect the same kind of thing here on Reddit. That said, if you decide to allow higher resolutions—which, personally, I’m fine with since I’m long past the era of using a tiny 14" CRT monitor—you should probably prepare for a lot more huge files hitting the threads.
Of course nobody is checking file sizes when most of the community has been on high-speed unlimited data plans for years! Seriously—it's not like we're stuck on dial-up or ISDN where every kilobyte counts. If we can stream music on YouTube or download torrents without breaking a sweat, why shouldn't we be able to load an 800x600px photo that’s probably barely 200KB?
As for moderation, it's all about the rules. If there's a limit on image size, then anyone pushing past it should just get a warning. Besides, it shouldn't be that hard to teach gamers how to use thumbnails from a hosting service, right? 🤷
Golden Boy
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Actually, you can still check your DMs if you're banned—but you won't be able to reply to them.
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Sophia Thomas7 said:Technically, you could host stuff directly on the forum servers, but Reddit doesn't have that enabled, though a few other sites do. If you just drop an image in using a URL tag, you won't run into any issues.
However, if you use an IMG tag, even if your browser manages to render it, it’s still going to drag things down. Like I said, if you try to shove a massive 10 MB photo through an IMG tag, you're definitely going to notice a lag while that 10 MB loads, at least until it hits your cache.
I doubt most people will actually do it, but there are plenty of unoptimized animated GIFs floating around out there being used by idiots.
Yeah, we all know that.
Sophia Thomas7 said:Technically, you could host stuff directly on the forum servers, but Reddit doesn't have that enabled, though a few other sites do. If you just drop an image in using a URL tag, you won't run into any issues.
However, if you use an IMG tag, even if your browser manages to render it, it’s still going to drag things down. Like I said, if you try to shove a massive 10 MB photo through an IMG tag, you're definitely going to notice a lag while that 10 MB loads, at least until it hits your cache.
I doubt most people will actually do it, but there are plenty of unoptimized animated GIFs floating around out there being used by idiots.
Same here.
Sophia Thomas7 said:Technically, you could host stuff directly on the forum servers, but Reddit doesn't have that enabled, though a few other sites do. If you just drop an image in using a URL tag, you won't run into any issues.
However, if you use an IMG tag, even if your browser manages to render it, it’s still going to drag things down. Like I said, if you try to shove a massive 10 MB photo through an IMG tag, you're definitely going to notice a lag while that 10 MB loads, at least until it hits your cache.
I doubt most people will actually do it, but there are plenty of unoptimized animated GIFs floating around out there being used by idiots.
It’s not "might" render—the client's browser *actually* renders it. No photo is sitting on the forum's servers eating up resources, nor is there some massive load that would crash them.
Sophia Thomas7 said:Technically, you could host stuff directly on the forum servers, but Reddit doesn't have that enabled, though a few other sites do. If you just drop an image in using a URL tag, you won't run into any issues.
However, if you use an IMG tag, even if your browser manages to render it, it’s still going to drag things down. Like I said, if you try to shove a massive 10 MB photo through an IMG tag, you're definitely going to notice a lag while that 10 MB loads, at least until it hits your cache.
I doubt most people will actually do it, but there are plenty of unoptimized animated GIFs floating around out there being used by idiots.
Aside from the fact that I've never seen an animated GIF at 640x480 resolution, users really need to realize—hopefully through experience—that opening huge files takes longer to load. Also, the admins should remember that the rule against images larger than 640x480 was made years ago, back when we were using much smaller monitors. They also need to acknowledge that image size doesn't actually strain the servers, so they should really just penalize posts that mess up the forum layout—which is easy enough to do even with images smaller than 640x480.
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Before we vote or make any final calls, wouldn't it be helpful to actually understand how this thing works?
Look, since these images aren't even hosted on our own servers—they're just pulled from external hosting sites or random websites that have nothing to do with us via URLs—the forum doesn't actually care about the image size at all. It's not the forum doing the rendering; it's just your own browser! The site is basically just a middleman placing the image on your screen, and you'll find all those photos sitting in your local cache folders anyway, not on our servers.
So, my vote is YES for larger images. There’s zero technical reason or objective logic to say no.
slywolf45 said:Are we really posting high-res images on a forum this low-budget?
rustydrifter10 said:Could you guys please stop uploading such massive images? The ones posted so far have served their purpose as examples, so we really don't need any more of them.
Since our server is already struggling quite a bit, I think it's best if we don't overload it more than we absolutely have to. I'm really not sure that going with larger files would be a smart move, and honestly, a 640*480 resolution is perfectly fine for what we need here.
Look, since these images aren't even hosted on our own servers—they're just pulled from external hosting sites or random websites that have nothing to do with us via URLs—the forum doesn't actually care about the image size at all. It's not the forum doing the rendering; it's just your own browser! The site is basically just a middleman placing the image on your screen, and you'll find all those photos sitting in your local cache folders anyway, not on our servers.
So, my vote is YES for larger images. There’s zero technical reason or objective logic to say no.
Birthday, right?
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hiddeneagle3 said:What would you even do—ten days with the Reddit being totally down?
Maybe we could fire up a BBQ—get some brisket on the grill, hire a singer, let everyone dance a little, right? Ten years is a pretty big deal, after all.
Birthday, right?
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John Palmer4 said:We just had a private holiday party for the mods and admins over at the Marriott. It was alright—good food, drinks, some wilder stuff too... but I can't get into the specifics! There might be an official press release coming out on CNN soon. 👍
They even handed out moderator bonuses for all the banning and deleting we've been doing. 👍
Man, you're just trolling from your living room, aren't you?
I'm still rocking my old Reddit black T-shirt that I got at my very first moderator bash. Only downside is I definitely don't fit into it anymore—unless I want to look like a total disaster! 😬
Birthday, right?
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Am I totally losing my mind here—is nobody actually celebrating the tenth anniversary of this Reddit? 🤔
The tedious truth about consistency
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I bet $33 the post above isn't getting deleted—instead, it's earning a solid 35 points for being a total Dick.
Requesting subforum access: Misdemeanors and Criminal Law
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Katherine and drot13 are honestly starting to get on my last nerve with all this nonsense. I swear, Katherine has completely lost her mind since you guys brought that idiot on board.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Where can I find the leaderboard?
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Brian Edwards6 said:I get where you're coming from—but saying "never" sounds way too absolute, doesn't it? It just isn't true.🤷
If you actually got what I meant, wouldn't you remember me saying almost never? You even caught yourself using that exact phrase—almost never—just a second ago! Is this selective memory or are you just trolling me? 😕
Brian Edwards6 said:Everything gets penalized selectively—both of those things, plus everything else depending on a million factors—so I was just trying to look at it from a different angle.👍
Well, looking at the number of bans handed out in all this mess, it's pretty clear that enforcement is incredibly selective.
Brian Edwards6 said:Everyone has their own taste, but personally, I find most posts on this forum to be just like that.👍
Personally, I think the vast majority of *your* posts are exactly like that. 👍
Where can I find the leaderboard?
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rustydrifter10 said:Do you think it matters if the person reporting has a bunch of strikes against them? Not really—a post either breaks the rules or it doesn't... though sometimes it's kind of a gray area. 😁
In that case, maybe check with the moderator to see if calling people and their mothers animals actually counts as a violation here. I reported some blatant insults, and just a few minutes later—boom—the mod steps in and shuts the whole thread down. Honestly, looking back at that one strike I got for "insulting" someone, it feels like this mod doesn't quite get the difference between actual harassment and regular banter.