# Posting Quirks **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 13, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-quirks/925517 "2020-11-13T16:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-quirks/925517/5 "2020-11-25T01:16:10Z")
I’ll try asking about this here, in this smaller thread–I’ve gone through the 400+ “Tips and Tricks” thread and didn’t see my problem (though it’s possible I missed it). The issue: my links nearly always result in a GINORMOUS image, instead of the nice thumbnail images I see in other people’s links. What am I doing wrong? I researched this not only in this sub-forum but on sites that discuss Discourse. For example, this 2015 discussion implies that I’m “clicking on the image” or some such thing (but I’m NOT clicking on the image): > [@](#): > > we are actually resizing the image with the thumbnail. **The only thing downloaded is the small thumbnail unless the user explicitly clicks or taps through on the image**. Again, I am NOT clicking on any images. When I post a link I save the link in what I assume is the usual way (by left-clicking the URL in the address bar, then pasting it in my SDMB post). Any ideas? I hate the way those massive images distort my posts! > **[Image compression and resizing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compression-and-resizing/32614/4)** > > I’ll see if I can do some tests and we can compare the quality. My impression was that JPG compression has to discard more information on larger sized images to lower the file size, and then you are using the browser to resize the image... ETA: this link has a nice thumbnail, instead of having the graphic be 1200 pixels across. But I didn’t do anything other than what I usually do when posting a link! ??? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-quirks/925517)._