I think 400 is up from the original limits.
And the old modem days of tiny filesize limits.
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Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter,
Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:58,
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you can probably track exactly when it changed
by looking in anyone's b3tards account and seeing when the width of their pictures suddenly jumped from 280 to 400...
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boris the spider,
Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:04,
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