Switcheroo: Reasons Not to Direct Link Images Reason #12: Direct image linking is a filthy habit   From an ex-smokers' message board page celebrating Jon's 8th smoke-free month with random images of eights, cadged from bandwidth all over the internet, including my Magic 8-ball mask from Burning Man `97: At first, it showed up reduced to the size of the original direct-linked graphic: But later it showed up in all its gory full-sizedness: