Avatar Size Limit

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As many of you know I make quite a few avatars and host them for people who request them. I do this for free unless someone feels like donating some money for a custom avatar. (Which I never request of anyone).

I do my best to keep the sizes small, but sometimes they can be quite large if the sample video is long.

At least twice now iron81 has decided (although not giving a specific number) that an avatar is too large.

I would like to know what the MAXIMUM size is for an avatar, so I don't waste my time making avatars that iron feels are too large.

For whatever its worth, iron has told users that an avatar ~1 mb is too large, as well as ~500 KB.

I would agree that 1mb is a large avatar, but I'm not so sure about ~500 KB because quite a few avatars I have created (and people have actively used for months) are still around.

What I find quite odd about the entire situation is that there are multiple users with avatars ~1mb or more on the site and I have never once heard a user complaining that the avatars are too large. The only complaints I have ever heard are from iron.

Mat, Ryan, can you please let me know what size you think should be the maximum allowed.

Thanks!