# Image compression and resizing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614 "2015-08-27T21:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614/8 "2015-08-27T23:35:00Z")

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Agree with Jeff here, I don’t think there is much point in you lowering image size, the large images are only downloaded when people explicitly ask for them

By introducing an arbitrary restriction here you will encourage hotlinking and other hostile behaviours

Strongly recommend against

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