diff --git a/app/activitypub/util.py b/app/activitypub/util.py
index 14847612..3e2bb810 100644
--- a/app/activitypub/util.py
+++ b/app/activitypub/util.py
@@ -793,18 +793,19 @@ def make_image_sizes_async(file_id, thumbnail_width, medium_width, directory):
                     db.session.commit()
 
                     # Alert regarding fascist meme content
-                    try:
-                        image_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(BytesIO(source_image)).convert('L'), timeout=30)
-                    except FileNotFoundError as e:
-                        image_text = ''
-                    if 'Anonymous' in image_text and ('No.' in image_text or ' N0' in image_text):   # chan posts usually contain the text 'Anonymous' and ' No.12345'
-                        post = Post.query.filter_by(image_id=file.id).first()
-                        notification = Notification(title='Review this',
-                                                    user_id=1,
-                                                    author_id=post.user_id,
-                                                    url=url_for('activitypub.post_ap', post_id=post.id))
-                        db.session.add(notification)
-                        db.session.commit()
+                    if img_width < 2000:    # images > 2000px tend to be real photos instead of 4chan screenshots.
+                        try:
+                            image_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(BytesIO(source_image)).convert('L'), timeout=30)
+                        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+                            image_text = ''
+                        if 'Anonymous' in image_text and ('No.' in image_text or ' N0' in image_text):   # chan posts usually contain the text 'Anonymous' and ' No.12345'
+                            post = Post.query.filter_by(image_id=file.id).first()
+                            notification = Notification(title='Review this',
+                                                        user_id=1,
+                                                        author_id=post.user_id,
+                                                        url=url_for('activitypub.post_ap', post_id=post.id))
+                            db.session.add(notification)
+                            db.session.commit()
 
 
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