Photobuckets stupid new policy

[TOONGA]

Photobuckets new policy because of the new hotlinking policy my threads no longer have viewable pictures.

Sorry about that I'm not paying for something that was free for nearly 10 years.

If you need photos ask with a link to said ex photo and I will try and find them.

TOONGA

[Bantum]

Yeah, same here, Photobucket sucks ...

I've been using Google Photos for a while now, bit harder to get images loaded / hot-linked - Haven't got round to relinking older stuff though ... :/

Cheers, Bantum ...

[TOONGA]

I will be using Imgur from now on ... or until they do the same thing

TOONGA

[Subyroo]

I will be using Imgur from now on ... or until they do the same thing

TOONGA

I found these 2 x interesting snippets over on the SF.org Forum where they too have been hit by Photobucket.

Interesting. It's hard to tell if using it for something like this is allowed, since we aren't an "adult content, file-sharing, gambling, torrent, warez, or Imgur rip-off site." However, this line might include us, specifically the bolded part: "don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network." It's hard to say though.

Well, imgur is the #1 image host for reddit, so I can't imagine they'll have any bandwidth issues any time soon. But again, who knows.

I too was going to use Imgur for what pictures I have out there in various Forums, guess I'll have to re-think that strategy now.

Hosting sites have learned a neat little trick from the Aussie Big 4 Banks, get customers hooked on using a free service and then hit 'em up for a fee, people are reluctant to big changes in their habits so they just go with the flow. This was how they customers hooked on using ATM's in the first place.

[Johnny T]

What are out options beside photobucket?

[TOONGA]

https://www.lifewire.com/free-image-hos ... es-3486329

https://www.thebalance.com/top-free-ima ... es-1357014

imgur tops the list in both those articles (Imgur could've paid for that )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_i ... g_websites

TOONGA

[outback]

It has done a number on a lot of forums..
But because you can edit your post here there is a way of getting your photos back..
I'm not sure how long it will last for.
You need to put ~original in there at the end of jpg just b4 [/IMG][/URL]
Hope that helps a few of you out..

[Bantum]

Haven't checked yet, but the '~' might be a solution - Thanks Outback ...
Still have got to go back through old threads to see what's missing though ...

Note : '~original' is the full works ...

[outback]

It works, I did it on one of my old post
showthread.php?t=24251
Well it looks like it has worked for me here..

[Johnny T]

Thank god for this loop hole

got all my photos back up