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I haven't looked at this issue for quite some time, but as I recall, I think FB applies much more aggressive compression to cover photos of individuals than they do to cover photos for businesses.  I also think that they superimpose that horrible black gradient on cover photos of individuals.  I would appreciate it if someone who knows FB's policies better than I would confirm this ( [USER=93127]gedstar[/USER] ???).

Also, regular photos (eg which go into a FB album) can be uploaded to FB at "high quality" and always fare much better than cover photos do, so you may be including this type of photo in your comparison.

If you are have an ordinary individual account on FB, the bottom line is that FB simply is NOT the place to put your photos if you care about quality (eg, if you are a photographer).  Individuals are not FB's customers -- their advertisers are their customers, so they feel free to take more liberties with our images than they take with images from businesses that advertise on FB.

Tom M