Question for PeteHoovie or others regarding reposting pictures

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Over the past couple of months I had two different Fordbarn members stop by my shop and ironically the same topic came up regarding people enlarging other people's pictures that they uploaded to that thread. I guess my (-or our) question is 'Why' is this 'service' needed?

With technology of iPhones and smart devices, -and with WiFi speeds as fast as they are these days, clicking to load a thumbnailed picture(s) is almost instant and can quickly zoomed in on to look at a certain detail if that is your desire. I realize I am likely ignorant of the obvious reason(s) for them doing this, (-and I sure don't want to hurt anyone's feelings), but I have been a member of Fordbarn since Gus Stangeland started it, then when Shelley & Pete had it, and since Ryan purchased it some 15+ years ago ...and for all those years we seemingly did just fine without this 'service'. So again, what am I missing??

So you may ask why does it matter, ...and that would be a fair question? I cannot speak for the other two gentlemen but for me, where I find it most annoying is that I often frequent Fordbarn when I am doing redundant tasks (-on hold during a telephone conversation, monitoring a lathe or machine shop operation, or waiting on a Dr. appointment, etc.) and just want to catch up. Now, with these enlarged pictures it has just about ruined my ability to quickly check on new and/or updated posts with my phone because my browser automatically adjusts the size of the entire thread due to these enlarged picture(s). So now this makes the text so small that the entire thread must be enlarged by pinching & expanding with two hands now (-as opposed to scrolling with my thumb only) which makes scrolling thru the thread too difficult to do quickly. I realize I can block the people that are resizing other people's pictures, but that seems kind of harsh, ...especially if their resizing actually serves a useful purpose to everyone else. Thoughts?