# Slowness in loading Avatars on \`meta.discourse.org\`

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Outubro 19, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698 "2015-10-19T23:20:49Z")\
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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:** [Outubro 19, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698/4 "2015-10-19T23:23:15Z")

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Yeah, it is a known issue with S3 as an image host, we have a very yucky redirect.

We want to fix it but it is very complicated. If we can somehow get an avatar template going on s3 instead of different assets and guids for each resized avatar we may be able to correct it.

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