Photobucket just broke a million forums on the internet - including this one!

[Timewalker]

I guess they don't want people to find it too easy to pack up their photos and leave.

 

[shivkala]

shivkala, you have experienced what I've been experiencing for probably about a decade now: Nobody wants to talk to you anymore; they're either auto-generated replies or some shitty A.I. program that scans it and thinks it knows what you want and then send a more sophisticated (if that's even possible...) auto-generated reply. I supposed this is to cut down on employees for customer service.

Same thing when calling a company. You get some fucking computer voice with menu options that don't quite help, and a good portion of the time it asks you to repeat yourself 'cause it can't understand you -- and I don't speak sloppily. I used to mash "0" until I got an operator, but now that can conflict has the number zero is also used as a menu option, so you just have to keep askng angrily for the "Operator!!!" until it finally says it'll transfer you. And at that point it's 50/50 whether you get somebody from your country or some guy in India who may or may not speak clearly and fully understand what you are saying, and is way way way to apologetic about things.

All too real for me! I also love how the computer voice always says, "Listen closely as our menu options have changed." How often do they change the menu options? I swear it's just because saying, "Just, please listen before mashing numbers" would come off as rude. Then, you get placed on hold because, no matter when you call, they are "experiencing a high call volume."

You see, I did the opposite. I uploaded a ton of pictures to Photobucket until I was just below the maximum. Then I signed out and deleted my auto login. I too put their emails into spam. Why not just take up space on their servers. In fact I'm thinking about just opening additional accounts and uploading tons of pictures to take up space. Honestly, I don't have the time but it would be fun to do. So my account will just sit there, as now I moved over to PostImage and I'm really happy.

There is some logic in this, to be sure. However, I just wanted to be done with them. That didn't work well for me, I guess!

Has anyone been able to use the download folder function in the last day or two?

Weeks ago it wasn't exactly easy to use. The ads made it almost impossible to navigate their site. I even tried another browser to see if for some reason, Chrome was at fault (it wasn't). It took some doing, but finally I was successful. Of course, it's not over then, because then they email you that it's ready (as if they have someone personally grabbing all of your images) and then you have to go download them.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I hate voice interaction systems.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Plus, everything smells like pumpkin spice.

LOL -- you'd think that would be over now, but no. I went into Wal-Mart this morning and found two boxes of "limited edition" Pumpkin Spice Quaker oatmeal. And it doesn't expire until next year.

 

[Spot's Meow]

Has anyone been able to use the download folder function in the last day or two?

The down!glad function did not work for me yesterday or today. I thought I had deleted all my photos but still had the folders that had been connected to my mobile account. It wouldn't let me down!oad the folders so I had to do it one by one.

It doesn't work for me either. I'm trying to move to postimage.org and my initial thought was to download my albums and upload to postimage, but I found an easier way to do this:

1. If you want your photos to be organized into albums on postimage (aka galleries), create the empty galleries first.
2. Log in to Photobucket, go to an album and select the checkmark on a photo, then click Select All to select all photos in the album.
3. At the bottom will be a menu that has popped up, with blue buttons. Click on the Link button, then click the Direct field, and links to all of the photos in that album will be copied.
4. Log in to postimage, select Upload by URL, select the gallery you want to upload into, paste the links into the box, then proceed with your upload.
4. Repeat for each album.
5. Rejoice at no longer having to deal with Photobucket.

 

[Squiggy]

Holy hell. I just logged into my account for the first time since November. 8 simultaneous pop up adds for Rosetta Stone.

I guess they're just committing suicide at this point.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Yeah what's with the pumpkin spice? Where did that craze start from? I blame you guys in the USA because it started here last year.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah what's with the pumpkin spice? Where did that craze start from? I blame you guys in the USA because it started here last year.

We already have a poster doing this bit. Sorry.

 

[RJDiogenes]

It doesn't work for me either. I'm trying to move to postimage.org and my initial thought was to download my albums and upload to postimage, but I found an easier way to do this:

1. If you want your photos to be organized into albums on postimage (aka galleries), create the empty galleries first.
2. Log in to Photobucket, go to an album and select the checkmark on a photo, then click Select All to select all photos in the album.
3. At the bottom will be a menu that has popped up, with blue buttons. Click on the Link button, then click the Direct field, and links to all of the photos in that album will be copied.
4. Log in to postimage, select Upload by URL, select the gallery you want to upload into, paste the links into the box, then proceed with your upload.
4. Repeat for each album.
5. Rejoice at no longer having to deal with Photobucket.

Thanks. I'm going to try that.