Probably not a change. It is pretty standard for most public forums. It prevents a lot of wasted bandwidth from web crawlers, I suspect. Attached pictures are much preferred, because they never disappear (have no dependencies on third-party sites), load faster (typically), and have no tracking cookies and such.
I don't like it. It isn't horrible, but I prefer stock.I don't like it at all. Looks like a 70s bike grafted to the rear. Thanks for the pics MrPepsi (couldn't see them even after logging in, for some reason). Glad I didn't like that look since I'll probably never use the cargo tray, and would have been tempted to can it . Have a great weekend ahead everybody.