Just testing for postimage
Edit to say - much simpler than using Photobucket.
Edit to say - much simpler than using Photobucket.
Photobucket just broke a million forums on the internet - including this one!
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Maybe it's just my intuition, but I get the feeling you're a fan of Sherlock Holmes?Just testing for postimage
Edit to say - much simpler than using Photobucket.
I'm using Imgur to host all my nerdy memes and graphics now. Fuck photobucket
But isn't this "third party hosting" expressly forbidden in the Imgur ToS?
Source: http://imgur.com/tos
http://imgur.com/tos
Not to say that you're doing that, of course. But for anyone looking for a replacement for Photobucket for this specific functionality, it doesn't look like Imgur would be appropriate.
What are people supposed to do? I thought there were all sorts of image hosting sites out there for the very purpose of posting on various fora around the 'net.
Are image hosting sites changing their mind now? Is it because of Facebook and the relatively low cost of storage now that most fora allow attaching files to their posts and Imgur and PB are simply not getting the advertising revenue that they once were, which before now prompted them to add more and more ads?
Are image hosting sites changing their mind now? Is it because of Facebook and the relatively low cost of storage now that most fora allow attaching files to their posts and Imgur and PB are simply not getting the advertising revenue that they once were, which before now prompted them to add more and more ads?
Are any of the people here with broken images paid Photobucket subscribers?
This really steams me because just 3 weeks or so before this started happening, I renewed my Plus 20 membership and according to the revised TOS, that category has been eliminated. So far I haven't heard if they're going to honor that or not (they damn well should, but of course we're discovering that this company has absolutely zero ethics).
This really steams me because just 3 weeks or so before this started happening, I renewed my Plus 20 membership and according to the revised TOS, that category has been eliminated. So far I haven't heard if they're going to honor that or not (they damn well should, but of course we're discovering that this company has absolutely zero ethics).
Well, there are. Some have been mentioned in this thread by others, and there are some listed in the article I linked to on page 1: Postimage, FotoFlexer, CubeUpload, VGY, etc.
It's unfortunate that this site makes attaching images a premium-only function, but I guess it's understandable, since they probably don't want all their storage space overrun with attached images.
Certainly am. My maiden name was Holmes and when I was a young girl my dad's best friend was a Watson.
Other than the suggested sites an easy low cost solution would be to just use Amazon S3 (or another cloud storage provider of choice) and use a tool like Cyberduck (or anther client that supports S3) to easily upload / manage content in the S3 bucket. You could even splash out and get something like "Mountain Duck" and just have the S3 bucket mounted as a directory on your computer. Granted you will be paying for storage/bandwidth, but S3 (etc) are all very modest costs and no worries about a "free" site suddenly changing their minds. You can even link to the https version to avoid mixed security warnings.
Oh, lovely. I just got an email from "Photobucket Deals" (PBDeals) which reads like an Amazon ad.
It's apparently "just another way for us to show our appreciation for your continued support of Photobucket!"
If they want to show their appreciation, they can answer my complaint about the pornographic "sponsored ad" I had to deal with, and put things back to what they were before.
This company doesn't seem to know what the hell its focus is on anymore, other than money-grubbing wherever they can get it. These "deals" have nothing at all to do with art or photography.
It's apparently "just another way for us to show our appreciation for your continued support of Photobucket!"
If they want to show their appreciation, they can answer my complaint about the pornographic "sponsored ad" I had to deal with, and put things back to what they were before.
This company doesn't seem to know what the hell its focus is on anymore, other than money-grubbing wherever they can get it. These "deals" have nothing at all to do with art or photography.
So far my Photobucket links are still working, I also uploaded a few just yesterday and everything is fine. I will continue to use Photobucket until that changes, then I will just drop them and use something like Postimage. I'm don't have a paid subscription and Photobucket has really infuriated me. Their App stopped working a few weeks back and I mostly post on here from my phone and it has made uploading pics so much more cumbersome.
I think their major target is the free accounts, but why they're going after the lower-tier Plus accounts is something I can't fathom. Their "customer service" is utter crap, and their "help" links are years out of date.
I need to find a hosting service that will allow me to have private albums of things like smileys, icons, logos, banners and buttons for the forums I admin.
I've been going through my albums, and deciding what I don't actually need anymore and deleting it (less stuff to download/migrate to wherever I relocate to).
Changing everything for the Doctor Who forum is going to be a nightmare, since all the graphics are hosted on my Photobucket account (the reason why I've had a paid account for so many years).
I need to find a hosting service that will allow me to have private albums of things like smileys, icons, logos, banners and buttons for the forums I admin.
I've been going through my albums, and deciding what I don't actually need anymore and deleting it (less stuff to download/migrate to wherever I relocate to).
Changing everything for the Doctor Who forum is going to be a nightmare, since all the graphics are hosted on my Photobucket account (the reason why I've had a paid account for so many years).
Figures they'd go this route. They've sucked for a long time. Haven't used my account for awhile now due to so many ads. Glad I moved over to imgur.
Have you looked into imgur? They're pretty good.
Yea I did on another forum recently, was wondering what was causing it too.
Yep and it's no wonder why I've run into so many crap ads as of late.
Have you looked into imgur? They're pretty good.
Yea I did on another forum recently, was wondering what was causing it too.
and I just got the email saying that they have broken my links and I need to pay $399. FU Photobucket!!!! So I'm moving over to PostImage and I'm just going to leave my photos sitting in Photobucket to take up space.
If that's really what they are saying with that, then why do they feature BBCode links for forums like this one here under “Get share links”?
Spam is how they show "appreciation"? Nice.
I hate to think what they'd do if they actually disliked someone...If that's really what they are saying with that, then why do they feature BBCode links for forums like this one here under “Get share links”?
I don't know... but PB features the same type of copyable links, we're just apparently not supposed to use them anymore.
(PS - I like your av! I'm so ready for Discovery...
)ETA: Just saw in another thread that all my Photobucket images are officially blocked now...
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One thing that I found out on another board that I visit - if you look up a thread on https://archive.org , the broken images will show up on the archived versions of the thread. I haven't tried it here, but it did work on the other board.
Edit - I just tried it on a thread in the art forum and it didn't work, but maybe other people want to give it a try and see if it works elsewhere for them.
Edit - I just tried it on a thread in the art forum and it didn't work, but maybe other people want to give it a try and see if it works elsewhere for them.
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JFC...
I just got directed to Photobucket's official statement. Regarding Plus accounts, they had this to say:
"If you were a Plus Account subscriber in good standing as of June 1, 2017, you will continue to have all the privileges you have enjoyed including 3rd Party Hosting until December 31, 2018 as long as you maintain your subscription.
Non Plus 500 Account subscribers that purchased after June 1, 2017 will not have access to 3rd Party Hosting."
I was notified on June 2 that my account had expired, and that's the day I renewed. So technically I was in good standing on June 1 but didn't renew until June 2.
My photos are still up so far, but I got a bizarre popup saying that for $2.49/month I can have an "ad-free experience."
I ALREADY PAID FOR THE GODDAMN AD-FREE EXPERIENCE!
I just got directed to Photobucket's official statement. Regarding Plus accounts, they had this to say:
"If you were a Plus Account subscriber in good standing as of June 1, 2017, you will continue to have all the privileges you have enjoyed including 3rd Party Hosting until December 31, 2018 as long as you maintain your subscription.
Non Plus 500 Account subscribers that purchased after June 1, 2017 will not have access to 3rd Party Hosting."
I was notified on June 2 that my account had expired, and that's the day I renewed. So technically I was in good standing on June 1 but didn't renew until June 2.
My photos are still up so far, but I got a bizarre popup saying that for $2.49/month I can have an "ad-free experience."
I ALREADY PAID FOR THE GODDAMN AD-FREE EXPERIENCE!
Looks like my pictures are still working, but it sounds like it's only a matter of time. Postimage here I come.
The Smileys will be the worst thing. I don't mind so much that people will have to follow a link to see my old photos and stuff, but Smileys are no good if they're not right there.
Every time I upload something to Photobucket, I save a copy in my Online Storage folder. I've been doing that since AOL abruptly took away our storage space and I had to spend hours downloading everything in a big hurry.
Some smiley artists only allow people to save their images if it's in a private album that's not open to the public. That's why I need a service that offers private albums.
I just checked one of my forums; the images are still there. I've posted about Photobucket on another forum where I know people save images; not sure if they use Photobucket, but at least they'll have some information.
I may have squeaked through by one day.
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