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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: vodkafan on June 30, 2017, 12:19:30 PM
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Like others on here, my Photobucket account is being held to ransom. Does anyone know anything about this? Is it Photobucket or a malicious third party who have hacked the leaky bucket?
One thing is for sure I shall pay diddly squat. I have all my photos backed up onto memory sticks anyway. Whoever it is, bollocks to them
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Yes it looks like an overnight special, where they have gone from hosting pictures for free, to the new cheap as chips price of only 300 dollars a year.
What sort of a strategy is that ?
Absolute madness.
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I have just deleted my account with them. I shall give imgur a go. Too many adverts when you try and do anything on photobucket anyway
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Yeah, I quit photobucket ages ago when clickbaity ads started showing up. Imgur isn't always the easiest to use (you might accidentally publish your images to the public page) but it "feels" a lot less shitty.
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I stopped using them a long time ago for new uploads. The site is so crappy, with ads and pop-ups and everything takes an age to load. Why they think anyone would pay for a service like that is beyond me.
It is rather unfortunate that I have lots already up there, though. A lot of Plynkes pictures are going to be vanishing from the web if they are going to block you from linking to them, and I really cannot be bothered to re-upload them somewhere else.
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Same as many, I stopped using Photobucket a while back, because their 'upgrades' made life more difficult and they started charging. I swapped to MyAlbum, which is very basic, but that's what I wanted.
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They did my account in too. Not sure where to go now, but there's no way in hell I'm giving them $400 a year to do the same crappy job they've been doing lately. Guess it will be a while till I can upload again.
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Looks like most of my stuff is going walkies too, as I aint paying them either.
What a clever method of raising money.
Once their advertisers see how many people are leaving the ship they will too.
I feel they may have to do a 180 on this at some point, so will just leave things as they are for a while and see what happens.
I can live without anyone seeing my old stuff.
I will just claim it as 'new stuff' when I post it again in future.
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I use Flickr! for anything to share on here. It seems to work fine.
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Sounds like lots of us will go dark for a while... I'll hang in there in case they see sense and do a U'ey. I'll see you guys on the other side!
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So, is there any possibility of LAF converting to allow photos from sources other than 'photo hosting' sites? Neither my figures nor my photos may be earthshaking in quality, but I'd be happy to share them without that intermediary step. I post to my blogs and people can go there to see things. Always wondered why it's been so 'clunky' to get photos up here. Hope there is a better way.
Of course, I predict that very, very few things will be 'free' on the web much sooner than later. Infrastructure has costs and very few folks are here on the web out of the 'goodness of their hearts.' This is a very mercenary landscape, the web. Perhaps the most mercenary ever. Whether that's good or bad is not for me to say, but it is very, very real.
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So, is there any possibility of LAF converting to allow photos from sources other than 'photo hosting' sites? Neither my figures nor my photos may be earthshaking in quality, but I'd be happy to share them without that intermediary step. I post to my blogs and people can go there to see things. Always wondered why it's been so 'clunky' to get photos up here. Hope there is a better way.
Of course, I predict that very, very few things will be 'free' on the web much sooner than later. Infrastructure has costs and very few folks are here on the web out of the 'goodness of their hearts.' This is a very mercenary landscape, the web. Perhaps the most mercenary ever. Whether that's good or bad is not for me to say, but it is very, very real.
Images take up a lot of space and bandwith. There are no adds or anything else on LAF so very little money to pay for things. Hosting images would balloon the storage space required.
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Yep, I've been walloped by Photobucket's antics and am currently re-linking everything on my Frostgrave blog from Imageshack.
As for everything on the LAF, and my VBCW blogs... well, I think I'm just going to have to let them go in the hope that Photobucket see sense.
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Utter shits :-[
No warning andno chance of sorting anything out before being hit by it. I don't mind paying a bit for photo storage (which is what I'm doing now) but $33 a month takes the piss considering how many users they have :-[
Obviously I've got all the photos I've posted elsewhere but christ it's gonna take an age to sort them out :(
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So, is there any possibility of LAF converting to allow photos from sources other than 'photo hosting' sites? Neither my figures nor my photos may be earthshaking in quality, but I'd be happy to share them without that intermediary step. I post to my blogs and people can go there to see things. Always wondered why it's been so 'clunky' to get photos up here. Hope there is a better way.
Of course, I predict that very, very few things will be 'free' on the web much sooner than later. Infrastructure has costs and very few folks are here on the web out of the 'goodness of their hearts.' This is a very mercenary landscape, the web. Perhaps the most mercenary ever. Whether that's good or bad is not for me to say, but it is very, very real.
It isn't clunky. It's the standard method. Hosting images requires they be stored on a server somewhere and uses up bandwidth. Those things cost money. So what you are asking for is that the Prof pay for you to host your images for free. And actually, he does precisely that. You can host photos on LAF, you just have to use the attachment function. Now that is clunky and limited and also a drain on LAF's resources. But it is nonetheless there if you want to use it.
You can also access the gallery function if you are a supporting member., but clearly that isn't a free option. Mercenary as it may be, unfortunately nice things cost money.
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So I should probably clear out my account? I get th usual "Pay us $100 to store your photos for a year!" but not forced. I guess they're actually closing accounts or what?
It is worth noting that if you're looking for photo-storage on the easy...you can direct link photos from a Google based blog w/ zero issue or storage space limitations. I've begun doing that on my threads instead. It's not as fast as linking a full album on Photobucket, etc...but I can grab the pic info and slap it between the usual IMG tags and it works fine here.
EDIT: Just checked - yep my account is the same. Member since 2004. Deleted both of my accounts today.
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I'll just download my albums and delete my account. Imgur seems to be the answer right now.
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Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.
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Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.
That's a rather interesting question. My account is at 51%. Anyone else?
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I am SO sorry to hear of all of your pain, but as I've never had a PB account, let me say it was getting pretty wicked for the invited viewer. The ads were getting so bad, misleading, IN YOUR FACE, I started to refer to the service as an attack site.
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You can also access the gallery function if you are a supporting member., but clearly that isn't a free option. Mercenary as it may be, unfortunately nice things cost money.
I started 'supporting' long before I'd stored any piccies; I actually thought that was available to anyone. Mind you, I've re-donated more than once, and will again, as soon as Prof brings the button back.
Doug
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Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.
That's a rather interesting question. My account is at 51%. Anyone else?
It seems to be a general thing as my 'current' account is less than 10% full....
;)
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Utter shits :-[
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Obviously I've got all the photos I've posted elsewhere but christ it's gonna take an age to sort them out :(
Same here... lots of pictures were pretty crappy but still, it showed some of the work I've done in the past >:(
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I think I might start donating to this site and open up a gallery.
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Hadn't realised this was a problem. Not sure why people think they have to pay over $300 dollars though - I've been subscribing for a couple of years now at $50 per annum. I have hundreds of photos on there and loads of storage left.
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Hadn't realised this was a problem. Not sure why people think they have to pay over $300 dollars though - I've been subscribing for a couple of years now at $50 per annum. I have hundreds of photos on there and loads of storage left.
Yes, but are the pictures still showing on other sites like LAF?
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Mine seems unaffected ,But I'm only at 18% storage.
I'm pretty sure I've actually posted images to here by using the DAKKADAKKA gallery address, So that could be an option for some.
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Yes, but are the pictures still showing on other sites like LAF?
I'm in the same position and mine show up here, I checked really old posts. I pay about £35 for 30gb storage and have used just 20% to date in 5 years. I'm confused by this thread.
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I am SO sorry to hear of all of your pain, but as I've never had a PB account, let me say it was getting pretty wicked for the invited viewer. The ads were getting so bad, misleading, IN YOUR FACE, I started to refer to the service as an attack site.
Indeed.
I hate hate HATE it when people host images on photobucket, and let me tell you why.
If pictures are a certain size, they don't fit onto my screen when viewing them here on LAF, and I need to scroll to the right to see the whole thing. If it's a post with lots of images, I need to scroll DOWN to the bottom of the post, to be able to scroll the post to the right, and then scroll back up to see the right hand side of the image I was looking at.
Shouldn't be a problem. I just right click and open the image in a new tab, and I can see it full size to fit my screen.
But then, Photobucket.... To open an photobucket-hosted image in a new tab is an ordeal. It takes FOREVER to load, and when it finally does, once I fight through all the garish ads, it's somewhere there scaled down quite a bit. Bugger that. I pretty much ALWAYS get frustrated and abandon it before its fully loaded.
In comparison, every other image hosting site I have come across, when you post their photos here on LAF, just right click, open in a new tab and they pop up immediately.
The result is that if you host your images on photobucket, basically I don't get to see them in full, and in addition punch my computer and curse photobucket when I try to. I miss out on seeing your wonderful minis, and you miss out by losing a viewer!
So yeah, I hate photobucket, and I hope everyone will now abandon it and find a better host.
I recommend imgur.com, that's what I use.
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As always, I'll make a recommendation for imgur, which has no hosting limits of any sort as far as the average person is concerned.
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I am not supporting the change of terms, but I can see why they changed their business model.
Prior to the change their business model was eyeballs on adverts (creepy or otherwise YMMV).
With the third party (ie here) display of images, you did not experience the "delights" of these adverts and hence they do not receive the revenue stream. So to get some money for it they want to charge to store and supply the images.
Other business models are available,
These include intelligence gathering, not just what gets put in your albums and blogs, but who looks at them.
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Yep, but those also go hand in hand...with no third party hosting, loads of people are leaving (so less accounts, less possible views). I don't know how sites like this can even stay in business anyway. I'm not mad about it, but I've closed both accounts. I suppose I'm baffled by the adverts thing because I run Adblocker on all of my Firefox browsing and haven't seen an advert in years...so it doesn't impact me.
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Hadn't realised this was a problem. Not sure why people think they have to pay over $300 dollars though - I've been subscribing for a couple of years now at $50 per annum. I have hundreds of photos on there and loads of storage left.
David, this change was only applied to members with free accounts. Members who already had paid accounts don't need to worry. The situation already made into Google News: https://www.pcmag.com/news/354711/photobucket-breaks-image-links-across-the-internet
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My solution: pay €30 a year for 25gb at one.com. Works very well and makes sharing photos easy and reliable. I've stopped using Photobucket for about 8 years now.
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So I was just checking out imgur. As I was reading the terms of service I came across this part in the Stuff not to do section...
"Also, 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."
So does this mean they also don't want you to do third party hosting? I'm curious, because I sure don't wont to download all the pictures just to have another platform evaporate on me.
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Looks like i was wrong, just checked my dungeon thread to find a bunch of dead images. >:(
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So I was just checking out imgur. As I was reading the terms of service I came across this part in the Stuff not to do section...
"Also, 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."
So does this mean they also don't want you to do third party hosting? I'm curious, because I sure don't wont to download all the pictures just to have another platform evaporate on me.
I use Imgur for a lot of my photo hosting, as do a lot of other people, and Terms of Service or no, I've never had an issue with it nor heard of other people having issues.
Imgur is a huge weird community in it's own right, the percentage of bandwidth they "lose" hosting for 3rd party sites is quite likely miniscule.
I went straight to Imgur a few years ago now after ImageShack went all weird and paywalled, pretty much exactly like Photobucket has just done.
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I would imagine Imgur will follow the same route as Photocnut ::)
cheers
James
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I would imagine Imgur will follow the same route as Photocnut ::)
James, please...
This isn't Frothers, after all. ;)
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Sorry Chris :(
It's really got my irk up though lol
I shall refrain from further outbursts :)
cheers
James
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Browsing through old posts is truly going to be a waste of time.
They effectively burned the archives.
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Hmm. mine is okay so far. I might start downloading all my stuff. Not that keeping pics of this stuff is really something I am too worried about. I still have the minis and can take the photos again. Maybe I'll go back to using cheddarmongers. That's hosted by a miniature enthusiast although doesn't really have the best support if things go wrong understandably.
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Looks like I may need to wait to download the images I have there, I suspect the Photobucket site is getting hammered.
Going through some of my old pics there was a blast from the past... I have stuff from when I played City of Heroes and Darkwind :)
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Well...sadly...this destroyed half of the "Post a pic of the last game you played" thread. :`
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My reference is posting photos to my Google blogs - pretty danged simple. In comparison, photo hosting services seem clunky to me. And, yeah, I know I've been a 'freeloader' so far. That is subject to change - but explaining it to the wife...well, now, that is a smelly kettle of fish I'm afraid.
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for some reason my photobucket photos are unmolested. Maybe it is due to the way I link them to LAF?
Same for me, at the moment.
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I use the iPad app and it still seems to be ok......so far anyway! :'(
Proof of the pudding......
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a605/andymac2105/Mobile%20Uploads/DD0BC86D-3122-45A7-B466-C77B9EE1D8E8_zpsi2nk2qyv.jpg~original) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/andymac2105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/DD0BC86D-3122-45A7-B466-C77B9EE1D8E8_zpsi2nk2qyv.jpg.html)
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Hmm this is confusing. Has it got something to do with the way people are using Photobucket? I know on some threads if you click on the pictures, to see them bigger I sometimes get linked to that persons photobucket library.
I have only ever used Photobucket as a way of transferring the images to the LAF- Are some of us doing one thing and others another perhaps? Or is it perhaps a hack?
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From the message that replaced my pictures it seemed to suggest it was the number of linked images that was the problem but having deleted quite a few there's no change :(
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From the message that replaced my pictures it seemed to suggest it was the number of linked images that was the problem but having deleted quite a few there's no change :(
I think that once enough people have accessed the image from other sites the ransom triggers, at which points removing the links doesn't help anymore.
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My reference is posting photos to my Google blogs - pretty danged simple. In comparison, photo hosting services seem clunky to me.
The thing is, a blog and a forum are two different things. It's standard to give away hosting space with a blog account. A company like Google can afford to have lots of non-paying users using up their bandwidth and storage, they make their money off the really popular blogs that are monetized, and besides, they have very deep pockets.
By contrast, it is much less common for a forum to give away free hosting with every account. Lead Adventure isn't quite in the same league as Google. Generally speaking forum photos have to be hosted somewhere else. That's just how it works. I think we're pretty lucky that the Prof lets us host our pics here. :)
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Don't have any issue with PhotoBucket yet but my account is very small (2%). It might only impact larger and older account.
Anyway I will move away from it.
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My 3 accounts all have the same issue, all of my topics and Blogposts older then a year have been gutted and are essentially useless now. Looking into purchasing my own website to no longer be dependant on "free" sites. (Mind you, I had a paid account with Photobucket almost since they started but let it lapse as the service/quality etc became less and less each year)
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Got blackmailed to, deleted my account.
I hope they crash and burn!
Even if they do a 180 I'll never go back.
Been uploading all my pics to my blog, as I come across any of my old posts here I'll try to link the pictures through to there.
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Imgageshack seems to have been working for me since, well, forever. I pay a very modest fee every month.
Horses for courses, but just sayin'.
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James, please...
This isn't Frothers, after all. ;)
I think you can excuse what was clearly an historical reference. James was merely reflecting on Photobucket's propensity to sit amongst the waves bidding the sea to recede, whilst collecting Danegeld.
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What's the iPad app to post pictures ?
I think all my pictures have gone from this forum, and I'd only started putting them on a couple of months ago.
I was using photobucket for free, and had only used 3% of my space.
Pity really as I was enjoying posting the pictures.
So tell me more about the iPad app please.
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Well I'm 39% on the iPad and so far(touch wood) all seems ok. I'm not sure if they don't update that specific part as much as the rest. Compared to the rest of the Photobucket stuff it's not seen much of an update/change in a while.
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My account is still unmolested, but as soon as it gets held to ransom I'll delete it and rehost some of my images. At least I really only have one thread to rebuild.
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I was only at 2% but they've blocked my account. I've now deleted it and will be looking elsewhere for image hosting.
As has been said before, it wouldn't be as bad if it was a smaller amount, but $40/month is just scandalous. Can't see this working for them as I doubt many people at all will swallow that level of charge.
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Its nothing to do with the amount of space you use in your photobucket account its how large the pics are in memory against how many times they are opened,ie its bandwith that's being overloaded by how popular the pics you post are.I have hundreds and hundreds of pics and havnt reached my limit.But the more popular posts have crippled my allowed bandwith quota.
I don't think I have the heart to do all that work again or the time.
What a stupid way to treat us , more warning and a better deal would have made them all the money they needed as so many are tied into there picture history.
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Any reason not to switch to "Flickr?"
I've just loaded some photos and linked here. Seem to be OK.
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Photobucket was handy for me as I was able to get the link to embed images to the forum from the mobile app. I've tried Imgur but seem to have to go onto the full site on the desktop for that which is a pain as all the photos are on my phone.
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Photobucket freezes up my new PC, AND my mega computer at work. Russian Porn Sites are pikers compared to Photobucket. They are genius at overloading your screen with pop ups.
I want all my pics back, but it would take a week just to access them all.
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Any reason not to switch to "Flickr?"
I can imagine them pulling a similar stunt in the future ::)
cheers
James
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What a stupid way to treat us , more warning and a better deal would have made them all the money they needed as so many are tied into there picture history.
When you talk of money it somehow makes me think of all the recent ransomware shit that's going on at the moment! Wannacry and whatnot! 'We have your files and you won't get them back until you pay....'
It's weird, one way of extortion is illegal, the other totally legit!! >:( >:( >:(
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I gave up on photobucket and went back to Cheddarmongers yesterday, after discovering that photobucket refuses to work if i have an addblocker :-/
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When I switched to MyAlbum, I think there was an option to download the entire contents of my Photobucket account across automatically.
I didn't do it, because I actually wanted a good clearout anyway.
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Is MyAlbum free, and does it work ?
Is it easy enough to move the pics onto this site ?
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Is MyAlbum free, and does it work ?
Is it easy enough to move the pics onto this site ?
Free, yes, and for me it works. It's easy, basic, no frills. I guess it's probably like everything else - it gets easier once you get the hang of it - but I don't recall having any issues at the start and I'm not very technically minded.
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I can’t pay for image hosting. As I’m a contract worker, I don’t even know what my income will be from months to months… I need a reliable picture hosting site that’s free. Photobucket have « blocked » all the pictures I post on LAF…
I’ve deleted my account with them and I’ll find another solution for posting pics on the net :(
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I pay $3.99 a month to Imageshack. That's less than a Starbucks coffee.
For that amount I have been covered, for years, for all my hosting needs.
Just bringing it up because I too live on a very tight budget, but this silly hobby is one of the luxuries in life I can afford. So I nourish it, even if it means one less café au lait a month. ;D
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I tried Myalbum but it needs a Facebook login which I don't have
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I tried Myalbum but it needs a Facebook login which I don't have
I created an account using my email address just after Cubs recommended it.
It did not ask for a FB log in as a 'must', as far as I could tell.
Give it another go.
;)
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Cheers Mason. Having read your post I joined up . Took 30 seconds - only needed an e mail address. Will give the free version a go and have no problem paying their small monthly fee to go on with.
Top tip mate - appreciated.
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Cheers Mason. Having read your post I joined up . Took 30 seconds - only needed an e mail address. Will give the free version a go and have no problem paying their small monthly fee to go on with.
Top tip mate - appreciated.
It was Cubs that recommended it, so all kudos to him.
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Thanks to you both.
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I created an account using my email address just after Cubs recommended it.
It did not ask for a FB log in as a 'must', as far as I could tell.
Give it another go.
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I think the problem might be that I was trying to do it through the phone app as its easier for me as I take my photos on my mobile. I'll have to give it another go through the desktop. It will just mean having to put the photos on my computer first before posting.
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Looking into purchasing my own website to no longer be dependant on "free" sites.
I've had my own domain for ages, and every photo I've posted here since 2008 is still up. You won't see a single ad of any kind either, no matter what you click.
It's just exceedingly unlikely that anyone would provide free-for-all charity hosting forever, because it costs money, and there are so many takers for free services. There's always a catch, and quite likely limited lifespan as well. The plug is pulled whenever they finally realise that the "something for nothing" business model doesn't fly. Alternatively, even greater a catch is introduced.
Money may not buy you happiness, but sometimes it can buy stability. For me, stability brings a bit of happiness...
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Just loading photos to my album.
Didn't need a Facebook account.
How do you load pictures from my album to here ?
Many thanks for the direction so far.
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I've had my own domain for ages, and every photo I've posted here since 2008 is still up.
Money may not buy you happiness, but sometimes it can buy stability. For me, stability brings a bit of happiness...
+1. Totally agree.
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Just loading photos to my album.
Didn't need a Facebook account.
How do you load pictures from my album to here ?
Many thanks for the direction so far.
I've tried the iPad Myablum app, but couldn't find the links to post from there! I had to go on a laptop and use an internet browser to get the links. There's 3 wee dots top right you click on.....
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Just loading photos to my album.
Didn't need a Facebook account.
How do you load pictures from my album to here ?
Many thanks for the direction so far.
Okay,
1) Click on your picture.
2) Look at the three dots top right, click on them.
3) Then click on the three dots in a triangular shape, for sharing.
4) Then click on 'Link'.
5) Then click on the one that says [bb].
This automatically copies the image link for you and you just paste it directly here (no need to click on the LAF image icon, it already does that for you).
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Understand that but on an iPad the 3 dots don't come up. As someone else said, I think you need to be on a laptop to be able the "right click" the photo, to get the 3 dots to come up.
Oh heck.
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Dropbox stopped allowing outside linking back in February (?). Since then I just upload to my FaceBook (I know...but it's free) album and link to that.
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Since this morning, I am also affected by the lock.
This is a reason to say goodbye. ???
The consideration is available.
The blocking of Photobucket destroyed my forum. >:(
I have been a member of Photobucket for 10 years.
What a muck. :-[
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I'm currently linking my pics through my blog, it's a shame that many threads on this and some of my other favourite forums are now ruined. There's a particularly good one on the the Oldhammer forum by a bloke called Padre that's been destroyed. >:( A real pity.
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....it's a shame that many threads on this and some of my other favourite forums are now ruined.
It is this that has really pissed me off.
PB could have approached this whole thing very differently and people would, most likely, have paid for a service if they had been reasonable.
The fact that they chose this method is what has annoyed and alienated pretty much everyone, I reckon.
Such clever PR and business sense they have.....
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Since this morning, I am also affected by the lock.
This is a reason to say goodbye. ???
The consideration is available.
The blocking of Photobucket destroyed my forum. >:(
I have been a member of Photobucket for 10 years.
What a muck. :-[
I hope you mean goodbye Photobucket and not goodbye LAF! :o
I'm the same.....as of this morning, its seems they have remembered their iPad app! >:( I've got some fairly big and lengthy threads on here! What do I do now? Start again, afresh, ditching the old threads or carry on regardless? I think going back and re-linking all the pics with new URLs(even if I could remember what went where! o_o) is just too much work!!
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I hope you mean goodbye Photobucket and not goodbye LAF! :o
I'm the same.....as of this morning, its seems they have remembered their iPad app! >:( I've got some fairly big and lengthy threads on here! What do I do now? Start again, afresh, ditching the old threads or carry on regardless? I think going back and re-linking all the pics with new URLs(even if I could remember what went where! o_o) is just too much work!!
I am in the same Bucket, mate. >:D >:D
Too many pictures to even think about it.
Maybe start them all over again...?
NO!
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I meant to say "thanks" to all the guys on here. Thanks to you all I managed this download a lot of my pictures before it went tits-up for me!
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I pay $3.99 a month to Imageshack. That's less than a Starbucks coffee.
For that amount I have been covered, for years, for all my hosting needs.
Just bringing it up because I too live on a very tight budget, but this silly hobby is one of the luxuries in life I can afford. So I nourish it, even if it means one less café au lait a month. ;D
Same here. +1 for Imageshack
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I am in the same Bucket, mate. Evil Evil
Too many pictures to even think about it.
Maybe start them all over again...?
NO!
To start again? No way.
Hundreds of photos have disappeared from my MetalMagic Forum. >:(
I hope you mean goodbye Photobucket and not goodbye LAF! Shocked
Goodbye Miniatures Hobby on the Internet (MM Forum closed) ,not Goodbye LAF .
I wait a few more weeks and decide later. :'(
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There's a work around, at least until PB catches on. Type ~original after the .jpg suffix in the image address and the photo will display.
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why are my photobucket pics unaffected while everyone else's are all screwed up?
It only seems to apply once you click on to their "updated terms and conditions". It may also be selecting those with larger numbers of photos.
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Hundreds of photos have disappeared from my MetalMagic Forum. >:(
Sorry to hear that Viruz.
Good idea about taking a week or two before deciding what to do.
What are photobaucket playing at? Its like they are deliberately trying to annoy as many people as possible.
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There's a work around, at least until PB catches on. Type ~original after the .jpg suffix in the image address and the photo will display.
Brilliant! I'm grabbing reference pic's from compromised threads while I still can.
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What a bullshit...
I was never a fan of photobucket or imageshack tbh. Quazillion of scripts and and Pop-ups. Sluggish as fuck.
How do they expect to make money of free picture hosting if visitors are basically forced to use script and ad prevention tools?
The Industry shot basically already it's own knee and did so once again.
Couldn't they have addedd small adbanners under the extern photos? Still bad but not as terrible as this ransom.
I really hope they rethink their policy.
I heard there is a google chrome app to bypass the placeholder. Hope something like this will be reIeased for ff as well. I don't think I have the patience to change all the URLs in my bookmarke Threads by hand when visiting...
>:(
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There's a work around, at least until PB catches on. Type ~original after the .jpg suffix in the image address and the photo will display.
Dude! Your a genius! :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Brilliant! I'm grabbing reference pic's from compromised threads while I still can.
All the pictures are still on their respective Photobucket accounts. Just log on there, choose the album and you'll get a "Download Album" option. That's what I did with all my stuff before deleting the account. That process automatically downloads the said album in a zip file.
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All the pictures are still on their respective Photobucket accounts. Just log on there, choose the album and you'll get a "Download Album" option. That's what I did with all my stuff before deleting the account. That process automatically downloads the said album in a zip file.
This option is no longer available, I can no longer download folders, it is denied me. :'(
Type ~original after the .jpg suffix in the image address and the photo will display.
These photos are still visible ;)
Photobucket will still change this.
I do not want to describe hundreds of photos ( Supplement ~original )
At the moment I could cry with rage. >:( :'(
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Why not just copy the '~original' text into all of your pics? It means you don't have to write it sooo many times!
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Dude! Your a genius! :-* :-* :-* :-*
No credit to me. I picked up the tip on The Wargames Guild site. It's just enjoyable to see Facebook getting screwed over for their greed.
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It's just enjoyable to see Facebook getting screwed over for their greed.
What did they do this time?
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One consequence of the Photobucket change of terms is that hundred, no thousands of images have been lost to us on reference sites, for example, I have been researching Narrow Gauge railways for a side or new project and when you try to find reference photos on sites like Freerails, http://freerails.com/ you find that many of the inserted images have disappeared with the 'update your account' image appearing.
Photobucket have, in one stroke removed years and years of reference images from the internet, if this was any other form of reference storage for example library there would be a huge outcry. As it is they have produced chaos for thousands.
A very poor state of affairs.
Tony
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I'll give you right.
Trust in Photobucket is broken.Other picture hoster will follow.
The damage done is great.
https://gizmodo.com/5948794/your-old-pictures-on-the-internet-are-going-to-be-deleted
https://lifehacker.com/back-up-your-photos-so-companies-like-photobucket-cant-1796726043
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As of this morning, all my pictures on the LAF have gone. I'm closing my Photobucket account and will try Google Photos. Does anyone know how I link a Google Photo to show up here?
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I have tried out the myalbum app. But I cannot figure out how to upload or share pictures from my phone. Can anyone help out a dummy? If I cannot upload and share from my phone it is of no use to me.
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The app is pretty useless for sharing. Open it in a webpage instead mate.
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Still useless. When I open in a webpage I can choose upload. But it then forces me to open the app to upload. Only there is no upload option in the app.
I think I will have to keep on looking for an alternative.
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1.Open the webpage mate
2. Go to your album and scroll down past the header picture to the picture you want to share.
3. Click on the picture.
4. When it opens, there should be three small dots top right. Click on them.
5. Choose the 'link' option and copy your preferred method of linking.
Hope that helps buddy!
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Yep I am with you on that. But it wont let my upload pictures from my phone. And since my phone is also my camera it is a bit problematic.
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Bah humbug, I just deleted my Photobucket account. No great loss, I am not a profilic poster of images, and I got all of it on my hard drive anyways, so I can post them any time, so as long I find a hosting place for them.
If I had to pay for hosting, I'd rather rent a web hotel or similar for pics and website, they dont' cost that much in comparison.
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Same here, I just blew mine up.
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Yep I am with you on that. But it wont let my upload pictures from my phone. And since my phone is also my camera it is a bit problematic.
Have you allowed permissions for MyAlbum to access your phones photos? That's the only other thing I can think of! :?
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Currently my Photobucket linked pictures seem to be still showing up. Didn't have that many there anyway before I got sick of the constant ad pop ups and ported everything over to Imgur.
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Would you mind telling us how you posted the pictures from Imgur, and if it works from an IPad ?
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As of this morning, all my pictures on the LAF have gone. I'm closing my Photobucket account and will try Google Photos. Does anyone know how I link a Google Photo to show up here?
I don't believe you can. I tried looking into Google Photos as an alternative to Photobucket previously, but couldn't find a way to hotlink images.
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Currently my Photobucket linked pictures seem to be still showing up. Didn't have that many there anyway before I got sick of the constant ad pop ups and ported everything over to Imgur.
Spoke too soon, got the email notification overnight :) images still up though, at the moment.
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As of this morning, all my pictures on the LAF have gone. I'm closing my Photobucket account and will try Google Photos. Does anyone know how I link a Google Photo to show up here?
You need to make sure the album with the photos is either shared or public.
Find the picture you want and click on it
On the page that opens up, right click on the photo (not the page url) and choose "select link"
Paste this link between the usual img tags. Note, this link is likely to be very long, so don't panic
This used to work with picasa, and I'm pretty sure I've linked from google photos as well. The important things are the album permissions and making sure you get the picture's url, not the page's url
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I switched to imgur... however... you can also use Pinterest.
Pinterest image
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b0/24/05/b02405ee6bf4020c1ca46cfdd043395b.png)
imgur image
(http://i.imgur.com/onei6MB.png)
imgur is far easier to use though.
I backed up all my miniatures photos by throwing a few coins at the Prof, becoming a supporting adventurer and creating my own album here at LAF.
I really recommend if you are not a supporting adventurer to become one.
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I don't appear to be able to even look at my pics on Photobucket itself. It talks about "3rd Party" hosting but doesn't seem to want to let me see them at all. All I can look at is thumb-nails. Photobucket seem to consider their own website a "3rd Party" now. Barmy.
Guess I'm going to have to start downloading them if I want to see these pics. None of them are on this computer. Probably on an external HD or a memory stick somewhere, but I'm disorganised enough that I'll probably never find them. I kept them on LAF so I wouldn't have to! lol
Now why, after putting me through this hassle, would they think I would PAY to use their sluggish, wonky site of ads and Pop-ups. Paid hosting may be the way of the future, but I'll be damned if I'm giving them any of my money.
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I can't save them from the phone app to my phone and that's certainly not third party ::)
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I understand Amazon has taken a huge hit with photos not being displayed.
Maybe it's time for folks like Jeff Bezos from Amazon and Jack Ma from Alibaba to start forking over money to "3rd parties" so that they can keep their billions rolling in.
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Hello everyone.
I am afraid that I must close my MetalMagic Forum. :'(
Photobucket has destroyed everything.
I have uploaded 4308 files at Photobucket.
Many photos are on the PC, many photos are missing.
The photos I can not download (as zip File) ,Photobucket prevents it.(restricted functionality)
The scan with WinHTTrack failed with Photobucket.
I can not get hundreds and maybe thousands of photos new upload and linking.
I wait two more months and then make a decision.
7 years of work are in vain.
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Hello everyone.
I am afraid that I must close my MetalMagic Forum. :'(
Photobucket has destroyed everything.
I have uploaded 4308 files at Photobucket.
Many photos are on the PC, many photos are missing.
The photos I can not download (as zip File) ,Photobucket prevents it.(restricted functionality)
The scan with WinHTTrack failed with Photobucket.
I can not get hundreds and maybe thousands of photos new upload and linking.
I wait two more months and then make a decision.
7 years of work are in vain.
That is heart-breaking. I'm so sorry you can't get all your files back.
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Many thanks you for your commiseration. ::)
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Now why, after putting me through this hassle, would they think I would PAY to use their sluggish, wonky site of ads and Pop-ups. Paid hosting may be the way of the future, but I'll be damned if I'm giving them any of my money.
I might have considered it if it was $20 a year or something. For their price, I can buy a gently used server and learn how to host my own pics.
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I opened my own Blog about wargaming and host my pictures from there . Very easy and much cheaper the Photobucket. I am sorry that my older pictures hosted by photo bucket can't be seen anymore but they are all on www.wargamesgazette.com if you care to have a look!
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Honestly, I think switching to other free photo hosting sites is tricky and might lead to similar problems in the future. Who knows wat the other sites will do...nothing is really free after all. If you have a lot of pictures and use them a lot on the web, then I'd opt to get some paid webspace to be sure. And you can get your own URL, which is easy to remember too! :)
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The photos I can not download (as zip File) ,Photobucket prevents it.(restricted functionality)
The scan with WinHTTrack failed with Photobucket.
I can not get hundreds and maybe thousands of photos new upload and linking.
I wait two more months and then make a decision.
7 years of work are in vain.
That's garbage... blocking photos on short notice is one thing but not allowing you to download your own files is such a hugely dick move.
I dunno if it will work but there's an addon for Firefox called DownThemAll! that let's you download everything on a page based on a specific filter you set up. So you could open a photobucket gallery and download all linked *.jpg,*.png etc. It seems there's another addon called DownThemAll! AntiContainer (requires DownThemAll!) that seems specifically designed for downloading images from stuff like Photobucket links which might link to a page instead of directly to the image.
Haven't tried it and I'm currently at work but I'll probably test it out tonight when I get home. That said photobucket didn't block me from downloading a gallery as a zip, might be to do with number of images or something.
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PB hasn't stopped me from downloading my photos but sure goes out of its way to make it difficult. For the first folder I want to download I'm flooded with pop ups and you can audibly hear my PC straining, but after the first download and subsequent delete I only get 2 pop ups per folder. But as soon as the screen turns greyish I just refresh cause it means (on my PC anyway) ad add will pop up cover 2/3rds of my screen and nothing I have done sofar makes that go away.
Downloaded over 150 folders this week sofar, only 20 more to go. I'll be happy to be gone from that abomanation.
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I just can't believe you folks are cruising the internet without an adBlocker on! :D What are you, savages!?
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Well Photo****it seems to have cottoned on to the ~original trick, so there goes my last reason to stay with them. Account deleted - bye bye PB.
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I just can't believe you folks are cruising the internet without an adBlocker on! :D What are you, savages!?
I have AdBlock Plus on, even. But when I click on the Photobucket site it turns grey and I cannot turn it on again. So I can't stop the flood of pop ups. Not that it matters, just downloaded the last of my photo's and deleted my account.
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It is not so much loss of pictures. I have backup of everything. It is the loss of "knowledge". I have been using Photobucket for ten years to post pics of my work and tips and tricks. That is ten years of post/threads down the drain. As there is now way I am going to relink all those pics.
So effectively Photobucket burned all the archives.
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When I first saw this thread I wondered what the fuss was all about as I'd not heard anything from Photobucket. Got the email the other day though. Thankfully I think only a few images of mine of any importance were linked from there, and that's going back a bit too. My bloody sig link is buggered though. lol Still works as a link but hardly has the same visual impact. Without the linking Photobucket really is a pointless website. Won't see them no more.
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I'd have paid a pound a month or something for the priviledge.
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I'm downloading what I have on there and then I'll delete my account. I'm sure loss of accounts is the only thing that will affect them and maybe cause a change of policy.
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I'd have paid a pound a month or something for the priviledge.
This is what's so crazy from a Business perspective. If they had said "from next month we need to charge...blah.blah.blah..." £/$ per month, or more, but something ordinary people could afford, I suspect their revenues would have soared. As it is, sounds like they have no takers. Very strange.
For me, I have my own website and it is long overdue an overhaul. For quickness some of the galleries have links to my PB albums, so they no longer work. And I realise not all of my photos have been put up, so some work to do over the coming weeks.
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To get a clear head, I have disabled the MetalMagic Forum. :'(
Disabled, NOT closed.
I need time to think.(gain distance)
* Several attempts to download the photos at Photobucket as ZIP file
Have failed.
* Try to copy my Photobucket photo folder using HTTrack
failed.
* On Photobucket are approximately up until 4300 files which are included in contributions
Thank you for your sympathy......
I'm going to cry now
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Sorry, folks. All my photos I ever posted on LAF were from PB. I will not be re-linking them. Far too much work.
I'll obviously find a new solution for future posts. For those interested, my blog is the place to go if searching for any of my stuff from the archives. Everything I posted here is up there somewhere.
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I'd really recommend Imgur or if you're hosting your own blog then buy a server space (£10~ per year) and put some adverts along the edges. Will likely make your money back.
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Ya know...
Photobucket is a crap place to host your photos anyway. Any photo you put on there is re-compressed again when it is linked to. So the imagine quality is pretty poor. People were fleeing Photobucket for quite some time now. Why have your photos look like shit when linked to? That is why I switch to Imgur (and probably thousands if not millions more) and I think this has been brought up before.
Overall then, what we are seeing is a dying site trying to keep itself alive as it cannot compete with the image quality of other sites available.
BTW, I haven't been back to Photobucket for a long time. I received an email concerning change of conditions but deleted it. So far my old Photobucket links are still in tack. But it is probably only time until they disappear.
*shrug*
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I'd really recommend Imgur
It's a nice site in general. However, if you plan moving your stuff there (or anywhere else, for that matter), just be aware of the terms. For example, in Imgur's case:
FAQ for Forum Users: (https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003264766-FAQ-for-Forum-Users-)
If you are using Imgur to host images for a site makes money, whether from ads or any other way, it's considered to be commercial. This is against our Terms of Service (TOS) and images found to be used this way may be blocked. For more details, please read our TOS.
Terms of Service: (http://imgur.com/tos)
Also, 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. If you do – and we will be the judge – or if you do anything illegal, in addition to any other legal rights we may have, we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images, report you to the authorities if necessary, and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com.
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Although of course we strive to make Imgur as dependable as possible, Imgur's services are provided on an AS IS – WITH ALL FAULTS basis. Your use of our service is entirely at your own risk. We do not guarantee the availability of our service at any given time, or the reliability of our service when it is running. We do not guarantee the integrity of, or the continued availability of, files on our servers. Whether we make backups, and if so, whether restoration of those backups will be available to you, is at our discretion.
and as a minor detail,
Inactive Account Policy: (https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/203887085-Inactive-Account-Policy-)
We encourage users to actively log in and use Imgur when they register an account. To keep your account active, be sure to log in at least once per year. Accounts may be permanently removed due to prolonged inactivity.
Until 2015 they also had a policy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur#Images) regarding inactive images, which would get deleted if not viewed at all within three months. Later they announced keeping images "forever", but that help article has already disappeared, hence that "forever" may not be that absolute. A new deletion policy could be re-introduced at any moment.
In one Business Insider article, it was simply said that "Patrizi won't comment on Imgur's revenue figures". Do you think their business model will be any more sustainable than Photobucket's? Your guess is as good as mine.
The short version is that you're pretty much guaranteed to find similar terms on any free hosting site. They can cancel or alter the service at any time, and you cannot expect anything beside your money back. Then you'll be re-migrating those thousands of images again. Better keep your local copies (and backups) handy and well organised whenever using a free service. Crucially, never use one as the sole location for the Library of Alexandria. This is not the first case of learning that lesson the hard way.
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Very useful (and somewhat depressing) advice. As much as I enjoy the feedback and exchange of ideas with others on this site, it seems like a lot of faff to an ageing technophobe like me to organize sharing images all over again. With limited spare time available I shall probably cease sharing and revert to my hermit-like existence off grid.... :'(
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The safest option would be to find a forum intern solution. I mean if you chose a photohoster you have to pay them and the servercompany anyway.
We could just make a yearly forumintern crowdfunding campaign like wikipedia.
I mean there must be a way to integrate pictures and text within posts at an appropiate size via intern software. It's 2017.
If space issues appear. Threads which don't achieve a certain "archive status" by request could be deleted after some years. Photosize should also be limtied to a certain size. Big enough to see painted details and technique but small enough not to bloat the forum.
Once integrated most stress free solution.
Just my opinion.
ORRR
As attachements look just fine to me, make one post for each picture so the text stays associatable. Write in first post: "Don't post yet WIP!"
Include that in Forum rules and there you go.
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This little gem of a program: http://rip.rarchives.com/ might be a really good tip for people who want to archive some stuff before it's forever gone. Only the URL is needed. So it works with script- and addblogs. It's fast and hasslefree. Bypasses the ransom as well. But shhh...
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Hello.
I upload image for image at photobucket down ( originally 4308 Files/32%) :-[
After the upload, I delete the folder. :( It is tedious and a lot of work,Each picture separately. >:(
Currently there are 354 files (6,6%) at Photobucket.
After the upload, I delete my account.
The files I load on my MetalMagic Forums Webspace.
Never again imagehoster.
Never Never Never
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I upload image for image at photobucket down ( originally 4308 Files/32%) :-[
After the upload, I delete the folder. :( It is tedious and a lot of work,Each picture separately. >:(
You are not able to download full albums? Downloading picture by picture would drive me nuts.
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You are not able to download full albums?
No. Photobucket does not allow me that >:( I tried it 9x
Downloading picture by picture would drive me nuts.
Right enough! I'm totally crazy. ;D
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Funny enough the links to my photos still haven't been broken.
Possibly it is because I haven't visited the site since the new policy or maybe they are just taking their time slashing my throat.
Or maybe it's just because nobody every looks at my photos! :D
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Funny enough the links to my photos still haven't been broken.
Mine started breaking about a week after the majority of people. Not quite sure why.
Can anyone confirm if the Arboreal Extravaganza is still visible?
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41545.0
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It's still visible Matt.
My guess is that they are understaffed and it's taking time time to sift through the thousands of users ???
They've always been shit with customer services so why not be shit with this as well ::)
cheers
James
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It's still visible Matt.
Thanks, that's odd.
Not looking forward to relinking that one when the day comes ;)
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Thanks, that's odd.
Not looking forward to relinking that one when the day comes ;)
I fear this day won't be to far. I was photobucketed two days ago.
Now I'm with abload.de, for a €2 Fee(per month, edit) it's ad free and you're allowed 3rd party hosting.
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I fear this day won't be to far. I was photobucketed two days ago.
Now I'm with abload.de, for a €2 Fee it's ad free and you're allowed 3rd party hosting.
Abload looks very good indeed and I really like their approach. Too bad it's not in English. Ashamed of saying this, but my German despite having lived several years in Germany, is a bit rusty. So for the time being I'm stuck with a paying account on Image shack.
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Abload looks very good indeed and I really like their approach. Too bad it's not in English. Ashamed of saying this, but my German despite having lived several years in Germany, is a bit rusty. So for the time being I'm stuck with a paying account on Image shack.
Yeah, unfortunately it's only in german. But apart from that it's much better to handle than PB.
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Am I missing something ?
When I opened their link, it asked me at the top of the screen if I wanted it translated to English (pop up box)....so I did.
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If it is techically possible I would rather pay to LAF for hosting photos than to some unpredictable external provider. We are 6700 registered members on LAF. If we just paid a few euros annually it would go a long way...
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If it is techically possible I would rather pay to LAF for hosting photos than to some unpredictable external provider. We are 6700 registered members on LAF. If we just paid a few euros annually it would go a long way...
I'm in!
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I agree. Happy to contribute - nowt is for for free nowadays and I get a lot of pleasure from being a member.
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If it is techically possible I would rather pay to LAF for hosting photos than to some unpredictable external provider. We are 6700 registered members on LAF. If we just paid a few euros annually it would go a long way...
I think that is a splendid idea and a number of folks already use their galleries to link to.
Been ages since I threw money at the Prof, but if folks start going in this direction (linking to their galleries) I would imagine the server cost would go up.
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You can give money to LAF any time you like. There is a donate button somewhere that makes it quick and easy.
Actually the prof removes it from time to time.
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You can give money to LAF any time you like. There is a donate button somewhere that makes it quick and easy.
You can also host photos here already.
Put the photos up and pay what you think is fair, no need to make it a 'thing'.
I guess if we do not make it a "thing" with more funding this forum might be a boring place without images. With Photobucket dead I do not know how to show photos or link to LAF galleries. Tutorial anywhere?
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You can give money to LAF any time you like. There is a donate button somewhere that makes it quick and easy.
You can also host photos here already.
Put the photos up and pay what you think is fair, no need to make it a 'thing'.
Donate button is currently AWOL. Hopefully it will be back soon.
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Hang on, it's possible to host photos here and link them to other sites as if I were using photobucket?
If that is so, I would be more than happy to pay a sensible annual fee to LAF.
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Hang on, it's possible to host photos here and link them to other sites as if I were using photobucket?
Yep... just tried it on another forum and it works.
If that is so, I would be more than happy to pay a sensible annual fee to LAF.
I would as well.
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I just went to re-do some photos in a tutorial I made on scratch building a Trojan horse and found that the Photobucket 'patch' seems to be working again! :? I've checked my 2000ad thread too and they're back!! I don't get it! ???
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I understand Amazon has taken a huge hit with photos not being displayed.
Maybe it's time for folks like Jeff Bezos from Amazon and Jack Ma from Alibaba to start forking over money to "3rd parties" so that they can keep their billions rolling in.
Bet THIS has something to do with it.
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Crikey moses, He's right ya know. Mine are all back too.
I think the poor chap who owns the metal magic forum will be weeping and cheering at the same time.
No. No change. :-[
Does not matter.
50% of my photos are newly uploaded and inserted. Never again Imagehoster. >:(
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Nope, no change.
As an added bonus, the option to download an entire album at once has been malfunctioning for a week now. When contacting the Photobucket helpdesk they "helpfully" replied that they are aware of the issue and suggested downloading my photos one by one, and perhaps disabling any adblocker I might have running... >:(
Had a slight "Captain Haddock moment" at that "advice"... They can go french kiss a running blender as far as I'm concerned.
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My PB account will be deleted.
Delete account
Your account will be deleted 07/26/2017.
The photo folders I extinguish.
I uploaded 50 hours my photos, sorted and inserted in the MM forum. ;D
PB is dung. >:(
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You are one of the few to see PB pictures.
This will change with you soon. ;D
Who does not pay must not Hotlinking.
It's only a matter of time. ;)
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As someone who pays them a modest fee for extra storage I got an email today offering me 6 months free if I renew at their exorbitant rates. Are they feeling the heat do you think? I'll not renew anyhow unless it comes close to the modest amount I pay at present.
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Gents
Abload CAN be viewed in English, if you go thro google chrome.
I've just loaded google chrome onto my iPad, and yes a box pops up in the bottom right hand corner saying "Translate"
This has to be a way of getting photos back onto the forum, for a small fee ?...
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My links are still copacetic.
Haven't visited the site though, since I heard about the new terms.
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Just posted SUCCESSFULLY from imgur.
Put my picks into imgur.
Pressed download, but just to self and not all.
I then copied image, and went into this forum.
I went to reply on a thread I already had.
I pressed inset as normal then pasted the copied picture code in between the brackets and it worked.
Wow here we go again....maybe ?
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The MetalMagic Forum is 98% revised. (1500-1700 Files) ;D
My PB account (http://s926.photobucket.com/user/Metal_Magic_1986/library/) is deleted. :D
Life can go on. I am tired, very tired.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/7/15/15973240/photobucket-hotlinking-im-the-sheriff-blue-whale-challenge
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84688.html
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I have a photobucket account but rarely used it. There were a few forums I participated on that required an external/online phot repository so I accepted the inconvenience as a necessary evil. I heard about the hulabaloo and checked out the site to discover the TOS had changed and they owned the few images I had there. Apparently trying to whore out my poor photographs on overpriced posters and dinner plates wasn't good enough for them. They are welcome to them and I'm happy to have received the impetus to let this one go. I like it here because I can post photos to the forum once I've squeezed them down on paint.net .
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My PB account still works but I'm sure they'll get around to me eventually. More importantly I've had a couple of viruses knocking on the door the last two times I've accessed PB so I won't use it again and have found an alternative.
Probably a good excuse to review how I photo and catalogue games stuff and having the large Anal Compulsion Gene that most warmers have, I'm quite looking forward to that lol
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I used to use PB, then got fed up with the crappiness and went to Picasaweb. Who updated and became practically unusable, so went back to PB and found out about this. Gone to imgur or whatever they are called. Watch PB sink now
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postimage.org works:
(https://s25.postimg.org/ggu7sq7kb/IMG_3008.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ggu7sq7kb/)
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Just a polite request to those with Photobucket avatars or links in their signature:
Can you please change them?
Seeing that image as I go about my wargaming research and coming up against a blog or forum post with them makes me weep at the lost information across the internet, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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Aaaaggggghhhh!
I was just having a look through some people's old, great threads, and I'm just now realising how much good stuff has been destroyed on here by Photobucket! >:(
As someone who can't get any hobby time in just now, looking at those old threads keeps me going and gives something interesting to read, when I get 5 minutes! :'(
Just a reminder, copying the text "~original" and and pasting it in your already posted images(minus the quotation marks! ;)) brings the pictures back. Just paste it after the .jpg at the end!
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Just a reminder, copying the text "~original" and and pasting it in your already posted images(minus the quotation marks! ;)) brings the pictures back. Just paste it after the .jpg at the end!
Please explain further.
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Aaaaggggghhhh!
I was just having a look through some people's old, great threads, and I'm just now realising how much good stuff has been destroyed on here by Photobucket! >:(
As someone who can't get any hobby time in just now, looking at those old threads keeps me going and gives something interesting to read, when I get 5 minutes! :'(
Just a reminder, copying the text "~original" and and pasting it in your already posted images(minus the quotation marks! ;)) brings the pictures back. Just paste it after the .jpg at the end!
Andym,
with a little effort, and a lot of try and test, I was able to do what you suggested. :)
BUT... when I exit the page, and reloaded it, the pictures are disappeared again! >:(
Sounds as I forgot to "save" the modified page. ???
Could you please help?
A step by step guide would be great!
Thank you!
Marco
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Please explain further.
After the .jpg part of your image type ~orginal and it should show.
Click quote on my post and you will see for the pic below
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/kminis/supers/P1280526_zpsfoc4pa62.jpg~original)
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Cheers beefcake. That’s a good way to explain it! 8)
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Thank you! !
Marco
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http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=105162.msg1309226#msg1309226
Greetings ;)
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So we've had the server change today, but I'm not sure if it's that, that has affected all my pictures or if Photobucket has just caught up! :-[
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Could be the switch over as none of my photos are showing in threads (they are in the gallery and visible).
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Could be the switch over as none of my photos are showing in threads (they are in the gallery and visible).
We didn't see that coming, the entries in the posts are still having the old domain name http://leadadventureforum.com. As workaround, you can replace them manually by editing the post, with http://leadadventureforum.com and it should be fine then. I've reported that already to the new webmaster, hope the entries can be replaced automatically
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Cheers Alex :)
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Could it be that Photobucket has changed its mind? I can now see pictures that were previously dead.
Like in these threads.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96413.msg1195096#msg1195096
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=93253.msg1151289#msg1151289
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It's looking that way. The broken reports in the Colonial Adventures battle report section seem to have their pictures back.
Let's hope this isn't a mistake by a lowly IT intern and indicates a return to the old policy. I'm still never going to use them for new picture hosting, though, even if that is the case. I just don't trust them any longer.
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Well, they have been offering deals at a much lower price for the last few days than the 'ransom' that they tried.
Although I am having serious trouble using their edit function since the offer went up, though.......
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To my knowledge photo bucket is still charging to enable sharing your photos. Given that these are very short threads it is more likely that the author has simply utilized the code patch that was shared early on that enables pictures already posted to be seen. I've used it to restore a few of my photos. (Click on your posted pick and add this to the end of the code line; ~original)
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I don't think that's it. The links are just magically working again. Some of them are from posts many years old, and none have been edited. One of the members whose pictures have reappeared hasn't been on LAF since 2012.
In fact some are mine, and I know I haven't used that fix, because I didn't know about it.
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Apparently they have a new management team in place and have reversed the previous decision on pay to share and the excessive ad spam.
Now there are a series of subscription schemes available at prices that would have been fair before the ransom fiasco.
Too little too late for many people though, most people who will only use a free service have already moved elsewhere.
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Too little too late for many people though, most people who will only use a free service have already moved elsewhere.
Pretty much this. As much as I miss being able to have multiple levels of folders to arrange images I'm not going to trust them again, I'll stick with Imgur.
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Apparently they have a new management team in place and have reversed the previous decision on pay to share and the excessive ad spam.
It seems so. Links:
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/05/17/photobucket-drops-pricing-that-angered-millions.html
https://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004314254-Welcome-to-the-New-Photobucket-
Photobucket on Wednesday also turned back on millions of users’ images that were still linked to around the web.
The move allowed the images to reappear in place instead of the stock speedometer image that had replaced them last summer. Leonard ruefully joked that speedometer might have become the most viewed image in internet history, though one linked to users’ anger with the company.
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Too late ::)
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Too late ::)
A week after I deleted my account with them. Go figure. lol
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This is good news. It means I don't have to do my ECW/TYW comparison thread again- I was just thinking the other day that I ought to redo it...
Maybe they got taken over by people with common sense?!
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(http://www.losranchos.org/wp-content/uploads/Closing-Barn-Door-1-e1443979805362.jpg)
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(http://www.losranchos.org/wp-content/uploads/Closing-Barn-Door-1-e1443979805362.jpg)
No kidding. You burn your customers and force them to find an alternative and then change your mind after they have done so? ;D
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Yeah, my latest post on my Historicals blog uses my now useful Photobucket account.
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Yeah, my latest post on my Historicals blog uses my now useful Photobucket account.
Why ? Simpler to just let the blog host the pictures ?
Neat to see all those old Photobucket pictures show up again but I will NEVER use photobucket again.
They burned their ships.
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Agree with you.
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Why ? Simpler to just let the blog host the pictures ?
Mostly just to see if it was for real. :D
I have been using the blog to host the pictures but even that has a limit. I also have an Imgur account so I am covered. :D
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It's a cunning plan to force all of their committed and tech-savvy customers to leave, so all they're left with is the lazy and clueless who never bothered to change anything.
Yes, obviously, my true home is at photobucket as I never bothered to sort out an alternative! lol