Getting & sending 0-byte images / Skype profile ex...

Dear developers,
there are again stupid issues which make Skype unusable.
Since images are displayed in conversations, I often receive images I cannot open. They have a 0-byte size. The thumbnail is created however. This mostly happens to images in the clipboard which are pasted into the conversation.
The same goes to images I send. People say they are also of 0-byte size, but can see the thumbnails.
When deleting the images in %APPDATA%\Skype\username\media_messaging\media_cache but not deleting the folder "asyncdb", Skype can't correctly start anymore. I get to the main window, but as soon as I open a conversation, the HDD usage goes up to an extreme. Maybe it's searching for the images it can't find over and over. This is on an SSD drive:
After deleting "asyncdb", the problem is fixed.
Why asking for such a problem if it's my own fault since I tempered with my profile folder? Simple: This folder grows up to an exorbitant collection of images and thumbnails I do not want. While Skype is running, I can delete all these images but asyncdb is in use. At the next start, it fücks up.
Either fix an elementary-school-bug or let my HDD fill up with images?
Thanks for your attention.

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