What the heck is up with the audiogon listing photos?


Can anyone explain the mostly obscured thumbnails in the gear listings? I'm talking about the tiny circle thumbnails in front of blurred backgrounds. Is this site flaw supposed to be a feature, or is this the new "base" listing, where one has to pay additional for an unblurred image?

User experience. You're doing it wrong.

yakbob
It's a totally artificially barrier to perception that you apparently have to pay to remove.  AKA dumb and exploitive.
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I cannot believe you have to pay extra for the fisheye photo.... it is so dumb. 
I can't believe, that this passed by the senior people at Audiogon - they must have been high on Canadian weed.