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by natep 3993 days ago
It's not like these copies replace the higher-res ones. Not a project scientist, but I'd rather as many people as possible see some image than only a few see only any at all.
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smackfu 3993 days ago
The problem is when people zoom in and "see" things in the JPEG compression artifacts.

Also when they release the pic on Twitter in crappy form before they release it in uncompressed form.

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mixmastamyk 3993 days ago
It says png on the file and headers.
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smackfu 3992 days ago
Ah, it does! They did the original "sneak peak" on Instagram and this was the file: https://igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.28...

I hear so many complaints about Twitter recompressing pics I figured that would happen here.

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