Is the forum compressing my avatar image?

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The forum is compressing avatar images, leading to a loss of clarity, particularly for users who upload high-resolution images. A user noted that their 300x300 avatar appears fuzzy, especially when clicked. It is suggested that avatars are resized to 96x96 pixels before being displayed. There is a possibility that quality could improve once the connection with the CDN is restored. Users are advised to check if they need to re-upload their avatars after any updates are implemented.
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Hi, is the forum compressing my avatar image? I made a 300x300 avatar, and it is very clear (the original resolution is quite high), but on PF it looks very fuzzy. Is there some compression of the file going on? How can I make it not fuzzy? It annoys me -.-
 
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It looks great to me! There is compression. I'll have to check exactly what. Once we connect back with the CDN we might be able to up the quality.
 
It looks fuzzy to me...especially when I click it. T_T

I hope the quality is upgraded! Let me know if I have to re-upload my avatar once the changes are in place. Thanks! :D
 
Looks to me like the avatars are resized to 96x96. At least that's what I see here (and I don't think they are resized by the browser, most likely they are sent already resized to 96x96).
 

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