Please look at the screenshots below to see the changes I made (only handles the user avatars in the chat screen and none of the thread avatars shown in the UI--- those will come later in the stack)
Before:
{F448367}
After:
{F448368}
Under the hood:
Before:
{F448291}
After:
{F448292}
Responsiveness:
Before:
{F448293}
After:
{F448300}
Responsiveness with super thin photos:
Before:
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After:
{F448309}