I think we wanted to keep them small and a constant size because we considered them user "icons" rather than user "pictures". If there is a lot of demand for larger ones though, we could consider it.
Another possibility might be to keep the avatars the same but also enable profile pictures (large images you can put in your profile).
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With our extreme gelatinous apology,
We beg to inform your Imperial Majesty,
Unto whom be dominion and power and glory,
There still remains that strange precipitate
Which has the quality to resist
Our oldest and most trusted catalyst.
It is a substance we cannot cremate
By temperatures known to our Laboratory.
~ E.J. Pratt
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