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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Two potential problems with that. Over time, images hosted elsewhere can go away. A giant image will change the scale of a browser, making everything else display at a reduced scale, which is annoying. If you just make sure the image you're linking isn't over say 1,200 pixels wide, not a problem. Some here don't consider that. What does it cost Pelican to host images, anyway. This website is a moneymaker for Pelican, attracting viewers to the site, anyway.

Yep, images disappear. I generally try to keep images smaller than 1600 pixels wide, and sometimes 1920 pixels wide. I used to try to stick to 1200 and under.

I usually skip the big stuff (2500, 3000, 4000, etc...), although I'm sure that there are a few big ones in the 2500-3000 range that I've posted. If I discover that I inadvertently posted something huge, I'll usually go back and swap it out for something else or delete the image.

I figure the tech boards are a money maker. But the OT board, especially thousands and thousands of random pics, probably not so much. And while HDD keep getting cheaper, they aren't free, and even though the small 800 pixel wide images are fairly small, tens of thousands of them do start adding up.