Actually the avatar dimension size and file size is exactly the same here as it is for registered members on FaunaClassifieds. However, Contributor members here get a bump from 100x100 pixels for registered members up to 160x160 pixels.
I suspect that the system does not scale the avatars back when the paid membership level expires, so many that you see might have set up their avatars when they were paying contributors.
And the same applies for members over on FaunaClassifieds as well.
Anyway, seemed like a reasonable idea to have some perks for those people willing and able to help out financially with the sites. Many people will just contribute because they want sites to keep on chugging along. Others seem to need to feel that they are actually getting something extra for their money. After running sites for so long, and knowing what goes on behind the scenes, any site I spend any substantial time on I will always contribute financially to them. Even if it is for nothing more than letting the owner(s) know that I appreciate what they are doing.
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