You bet. Especially when FReepers who don't know how to use HTML to resize an image down to something 'reasonable' when posting it, like to postcard size (I have a 22" widescreen and some photos posted are too large for my screen). And for FReepers stuck in 'deal-up hell' that kills them. And for those with slower computers all those big pics can lock it up.
But it is a good idea and there's an easy way around it. Save the Pictures on-line. Upload them to any of the Free Photo 'Storage' Galleries. I have a Photobucket account (among a bunch of others) and then you can just post a Direct Link to the photos, it's a simple Copy & Paste command given right on the Photobucket page. That helps FReepers and doesn't eat bandwidth.
And with Phobucket you can make the pic's Private for 'Eyes Only' accessed by a password so that DU and Dem RAT trolls can't see them. They'd click the link but without the password, they'd couldn't open the 'Album' and see the pics ;-). I do this when I upload Family Pictures I take to my Albums to prevent other Photobucket users from seeing my family pics. The PW could be something as simple as 'FR', case sensitive FreeRepublic, or a tad more secure like 'ObamaStinks'. And the PW could be sent out via FReep Mail like a ping list.
(Just a thought on how to do it)
[use HTML to resize an image down to something ‘reasonable’ when posting it]
HTML doesn’t change the size of the file for the image being rendered, regardless of the size it appears on the screen. So I generally try to keep file size <80k.
I can render a postage stamp sized image on your screen — from a 10+MB file to demonstrate if you’d like?