# Incorrect advice when uploading profile background

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-advice-when-uploading-profile-background/49518
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [August 31, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-advice-when-uploading-profile-background/49518 "2016-08-31T22:27:19Z")
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### Author: ![Martyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martyn/32/115601_2.png) [@Martyn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martyn)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-advice-when-uploading-profile-background/49518/1 "2016-08-31T22:27:19Z")

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When uploading an image for your profile/user card background which is too big the following warning appears:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b287526dc6297f83ffc0ed7953f9020c577a2051.png)

It says to upload the image to a cloud sharing service, however this doesn’t apply to profile/user card backgrounds.