[xrp]

"Bandwidth" in the context of a given thread, and trolls do seem to like their graphics.

Graphics are pulled from their source, not from Free Republic, unless the images are hosted off of http://www.freerepublic.com/ and virtually all are not.

If the admins were worried about bandwidth from images, then they would crush every Anna Kournikova thread.

[tacticalogic]

If the admins were worried about bandwidth from images, then they would crush every Anna Kournikova thread.

Maybe we should have a few of the admins try running from dialup connections for a while. ;)

[Admin Moderator]

You are correct. We don't worry about bandwidth as mods. We do get complaints about load time on threads that have too many graphics though. We might remove a post, or modify the body of a thread if it's a hugh problem. Remember the trial host FR link to store pictures a couple years ago? That was eating up bandwidth.

[Huck]

then they would crush every Anna Kournikova thread

Here's a low bandwidth sample