*warning:  This post contains no sarcasm, wit, preconceived ideas and only a humble opinion.  The author has selected to wear the drip dry spatter suit provided at the door for your convenience!

*LOL

I have a feeling any topic with the word "thumbnail" in it, is going to wake up the den of sleeping giants as it were.   The problem is, everyone in their own way is right.   So, I won't bother with the why this should be this way, or not......   I will (thank goodness) spare you all my dragging out the well worn soap box, and just move to my humble opinions :).  Considering I teeter off the soap box more than a pair of stilletto pumps, this is good for everyone!

Until recently, I'd used ONLY cropped thumbnails, because thats what i like to see.  I'm legally blind.   So its a gracious thing to fill up that tiny little space to me with the most detail it can pack in a way I can actually see it.  Though I've recently used the ability to have Rendo make the thumb for me, I'll be honest....... shrinking down my images into that little square, I cant see a blessed thing!

The problem I find, is with the trend....... I see a thumb of what I "think" is a cropped headshot, and open it up.......... and ......... its just a headshot lol.  So sometimes its false advertising..... even with not false advertising? lol.  (unless it says "portrait"..... then i get a clue).

The "content advisory" grey thingies in my face are a bit of a nuisance, but with my vision problem........ honestly?  They are the only ones i KNOW what it contains lol, at least to a degree, without opening them.

I can't really argue either way...... cropped, or not cropped, both have their distinct advantages, and disadvantages.    I guess its just the artist that determines what they want to reveal.  Some might not feel they are getting enough hits with a squished down version lacking detail in a whole thumb, others, like me, think the other way around, that I'm not showing "enough" to gain any interest in looking, so have opted for the full thumb, when i can .