Massive pic files

What's with the advent of massive picture files? 1.5MB and up, I have even seen one that is 10+MB in size. Sure the detail is great, but these files are entirely to big imho. They should be scaled down to 1MB or less, not everyone has computers with terabytes of storage. lol

If you're too lazy to save the picture and reduce the filesize on your own, do you really expect uploaders to feel the need to go out of their way to satisfy your personal needs by reducing filesize themselves before uploading?

Why don't you get off your high horse? All I asked was a simple question, not a complaint per say. If you want to be an ass, do it elsewhere please.

"They should be scaled down to 1MB or less" is not a simple question.

Save the image sample instead. Those are usually >1MB.

What about those who do want the larger version, such as everyone other than you? Save it and scale it down yourself.

kind of wish there was a better way to tell when a picture is 'absurd' and 'highres'

the preview text only does so much.

Image samples were implemented for exactly this purpose. If you're just browsing, then the sample is sufficient. If you want to use the image for other purposes, then you probably want the highest resolution possible.

Is it possible to add a function in the left menu similar to "resize image", whereby the default image that gets loaded is the full-size image, but you can click it to load the sample instead?

Damnit surasshu, I was all ready to lock this thread and then you go and ask a legitimate question at the end =P

Hahaha, maybe it should be a new thread instead.

Another reason to limit size, is not just for my preference. If everyone uploaded huge files, it would rapidly eat up the available storage space on the danbooru server, that is unless the owner has one of those edge servers with hundreds of terabytes of storage space available? Granted i did not phrase the size limit correctly, that should have been a suggestion, not a demand. And to be honest, it was not intended as a demand. Hence the lol at the end of my initial post.

Oh and as to the simple question, that was "why the advent of huge file uploads", not the bit suggesting size limits. If someone had simply said that the large files were for those that wanted a high res file for whatever reason, that would have been sufficient answer for me.

Hard drive space is utterly, ludicrously cheap.

If you'd gone with a bandwidth argument you might almost have had something remotely resembling a point.

Fine, I will restate my simple query, i just wanted to know why there were so many huge uploads of late. That's it. Feeling the need to defend my self from elitist snobs was not my point at all. In future i will ask simple short questions, and hope that people can be adult enough to give simple answers. Not everyone is a tech wizard here and is on top of the current trend in hard drive economy. Buried in the various snide answers, was the answer i was looking for. So this is the last i am going to post on the subject. Feel free to load up the topic with as much b.s. as you like as i will not bother to read anything further on the matter. Have a nice day.

BECAUSE PEOPLE UPLOAD THEM DIPSHIT

Jesus christ. Who fucking cares?

Mizuho said:
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Everything else you have said is now rendered invalid. Good day.