Sorry, guys but I have voted the third option here.
Coz' it's true!
If u see few other forums (which r there from years) they r surviving mere on text
I think we must thank digit to give us opportunity to express us here graphically & that too free of cost!
I must say, if ever u want to elaborate ur
point then images sure help. But then, linking them from another site is somewhat crude way. The link may be broken after some time. The remote host may not be active or may be too slow! I have experienced it sometimes that because of some image links on villagephotos.com site. The page won't show up completely (some problem on that server). After some time I managed to see the page when I used the option in Opera to show only cahed images.
To my opinion, if u want to use images, it must be on local host.
Plz try not to upload
unnecessasry images like jokes, screenshots of start menu on the server. Also delete the image if it really wastes space.
And yes, please put limit on avatar size.