Shortlinks of shortlinks? Wow, that does sound silly! Didn't even know it was a thing until now, hopefully that patch helps lessen the lag!

i thought it was my internet so this is a relief XD

Yikes that's quite a few bots! I think 50 per post is plenty enough, the only time I can think of where it may not be is specifically the first post in type race forums. Be it the main thread, raffle thread, etc.. I don't know if you can manually override it for those specific instances for mascots, hatched specials, prizes, etc but beyond that I agree that journals/etc can split it up or use boxes or some other method

I wonder if it would be feasible for the first post in a thread to have an increased limit? Seems reasonable to me that the first post in type race threads/trade shops/etc would need more images than other posts, but it still won't be a bunch of image heavy posts on the same page since it'll be one per thread.

Awesome update :-D Thank you for sticking with it, your detective work, and resolutions implememted already. There was noticebly less time lagging at reset today.

Would it be possible to try using a form of lazyloading for forum post images? I feel like that’s a better solution logistically for handling server load on images from forum posts, but it’s entirely possible with how your code is set up that lazyloading wouldn’t be feasible. just wanted to throw it out there and see

Ugh so sad about my living dex but it makes sense. Don't really feel like moving everything from 10 posts into like... 25, so I guess that's that.

"If you got caught in the banwave then please submit your Support Centre ticket and then be patient." - advice from Cele in the PFQ discord ^ for anyone who got their account locked, may be the fastest way to get it fixed!

Would using more than 50 pkmn codes count towards the 50 image limit?

For trade stores that use platform images often in their first post (for dexing) what would you recommend be used instead? Currently I use platform images in my Dex shop so that it's easy to see what Pokémon I have available to dex, and so it's easy to get the link to. This shop is also shared with my specials, which includes images of each type of special I have for sale. This alone reaches about 30 of the images. What would you recommend I use instead? I feel like a lot of trade shops may have to downsize not just appearance, but what they offer, for this change.