How do Facebook text images even end up like this?

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > How do Facebook text images even end up like this?

Stinky_Pete: Aug 16, 2015; Stinkier than your average bear; Lipstick Apathy

I think Facebook just always runs a low-pass filter whenever you upload, whereas saving to jpg format is essentially a nilpotent operation (e.g. if it's already jpg compressed then saving as jpg with the same compression causes no change), which explains why you can't reproduce the effect.

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