Lately, after re-introducing the full quality member pictures, we were hit by server performance issues. Among the many complaints we receive was that it's now difficult to login to the site especially when there is heavy traffic (afternoons & weekends). Thus, to optimize and find the correct balance between user exerience and acceptable performance, I have devised a new policy to limit full quality member preview only for members with updated picture profile. Thus, members without pictures in their profile will only be able to see the thumbnail version of other people's profile. This policy will hardly be noticed by our existing members as it will be done automatically. Only members without picture profile will feel the difference. And so, we hope that this measure will lighten the load on our servers and give users a faster user experince.
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