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Rokin Robin of Locksley
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos  Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:19 am |
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Top of the Pops 65-68
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Got an email this morning: Quote: WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING* *What is 3rd Party Hosting? Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, a blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting. Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level. Going forward, this service will not be free, each account holder has to upgrade to a paid account that will cost $400/year. I guess all my record cover photos will start disappearing from IMWAN now, and I'll have to find another service to do the job, ugh...
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:26 am |
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Ancient Alien Theorist
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I noticed a lot of my pics from older threads suddenly no longer display on IMWAN.
Pity.
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Larry
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:49 am |
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$400? Bye bye Photobucket.
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Steve
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:20 am |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Let's hope imgur doesn't follow suit.
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Linda
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:17 am |
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Helpful Librarian
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Guys, please switch to http://www.imgur.com for all your image uploads. It's the easiest and most reliable image repository, and works best at IMWAN. Other places just have too many issues for consistent forum posting, this Photobucket mess being the latest one.
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:02 pm |
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Ancient Alien Theorist
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I switched several years ago and never looked back. So simple and Photobucket was becoming a huge pain the ass even before all this with ads and site interface.
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alantig
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:24 pm |
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Puppy Monkey Alan!
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I've been seeing this at a couple of the guitar boards I'm on. The reaction has been similar to Larry's, but much less polite. $400/year? I'm hosting my own for less than a quarter of that, and that includes web pages, e-mail and stuff I don't even use.
I saw a blurb somewhere that the biggest thing Photobucket will gain from this is the status of being one of the biggest examples of how not to transform into a pay service.
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"This is a true story, except for the parts that didn't happen." - Steven Wright
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Jeff
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:41 pm |
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The Modfather; Wizard of WAN
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imgur is the way to go. There is even a Chrome (and Firefox) extension so you don't have to hassle beyond a couple of right mouse clicks to get an image there and get the link to share it.
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DanO
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:05 pm |
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Friend of Jimbo.
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I dumped Photobucket this morning after getting their email.
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Gary Dunaier
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:13 am |
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"Thumbs Down Guy"
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What do you think of Flickr? That's what I've been using.
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Linda
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:30 am |
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Helpful Librarian
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Switch to Imgur before a similar thing happens to Flickr.
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ted262
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:53 pm |
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Sonic Death Monkey
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Rokin Robin of Locksley wrote: Going forward, this service will not be free, each account holder has to upgrade to a paid account that will cost $400/year. I guess all my record cover photos will start disappearing from IMWAN now, and I'll have to find another service to do the job, ugh... That's just stupid. I pay less than that for my domain name and hosting, and my host lets me sell pics too.
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Brotoro
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:03 pm |
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Friendly, Furry, Ellipsoidal
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Linda wrote: Guys, please switch to http://www.imgur.com for all your image uploads. It's the easiest and most reliable image repository, and works best at IMWAN. Other places just have too many issues for consistent forum posting, this Photobucket mess being the latest one. How does Linda pronounce 'imgur'?
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Linda
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:20 pm |
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Helpful Librarian
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Brotoro wrote: Linda wrote: Guys, please switch to http://www.imgur.com for all your image uploads. It's the easiest and most reliable image repository, and works best at IMWAN. Other places just have too many issues for consistent forum posting, this Photobucket mess being the latest one. How does Linda pronounce 'imgur'? "Image-urr".
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Brotoro
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:22 pm |
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Friendly, Furry, Ellipsoidal
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Oh. I thought it would be "I'm jur", as in "I'm jur best choice for hosting images!"
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ted262
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:24 pm |
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Sonic Death Monkey
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But..... What if it's really "IM-GRRRRR?"
Where's the inventor of the GIF when we need him?
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Linda
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:29 pm |
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Imgur's founder Alan Schaaf pronounces it "image-urr", so that's what I go with.
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ted262
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:53 pm |
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Sonic Death Monkey
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Jason Michael
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:00 pm |
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Nominated IMWAN's "Wet Blanket" for 2021
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For some reason this discussion puts me in mind of Star Trek- The Motion Picture's V'Ger.
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Beachy
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:21 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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GodsComic
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:59 pm |
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I'm Juan. I'm Gurr. This is the way I will continue to pronounce two of these words that make up our world.
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If I had a million thumbs I'd twiddle, twiddle. But I just have two.
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Hanzo the Razor
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Post subject: Photobucket to end free 3rd party hosting of internet photos Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:35 pm |
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Ancient Alien Theorist
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ted262 wrote: But..... What if it's really "IM-GRRRRR?" That's how I've been saying it. Oops.
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