Imgur is going the way of Photobucket - May 15th 2023

[BrothersGarage]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/hosting-site-imgur-will-remove-explicit-and-anonymous-content-next-month/

So if you've posted images without using an account for your build threads (like I have) back all your images up as they will be deleting them (and any boobie pics)

Supidass idea if you ask me. Lotsa images hosted across many forums are about to get pooped on. 

[thisismatt]

I feel like this is an I-told-you-so moment. There will never be an indefinite free web host.

[]2eDeYe]

This stuff is why I talked Jeff in to pic upload, also one of the reasons I started doing youtube vids. 

[datzenmike]

I got a notice from PB. Deleted some questionable crap, but it doesn't surprise me. I only keep it for the picture hosting. It's handy but I can live without it.

[wayno]

As for photos in forums, the future is that the forum needs to host the photos, otherwise they will eventually disappear.

[datzenmike]

Well all mine will disappear then.

[Dguy210]

27 minutes ago, datzenmike said:

Well all mine will disappear then.

 

I've got mine technically backed up somewhere... but too much trouble to reinstate on broken links.

[sick620]

I learned my lesson I just upload straight here, much simpler. Image hosting is so 2010. 

[datzenmike]

I have all my photos in my computer. Amazon keeps saying I have unlimited photo storage why don't I use it? Are you kidding???? Data storage has never been cheaper. Why would I keep my valuables in someone else's home in some other town???? Well fuck imgur then.

[a.d._510_n_ok]

Lefties hijacked imgur right before the '16 election and stifled all content that didn't align with the Hillary view. It was one of the most spontaneous sites for original content up until them. 

[Cardinal Grammeter]

WTF???

 

What do they mean by "We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account 

I had to create a userID and PW to post my pics - does that mean I have a "user account?"  WTF are they talking about???

 

Or is a "user account" something I have to pay for?

[Icehouse]

On 4/21/2023 at 3:17 PM, wayno said:

As for photos in forums, the future is that the forum needs to host the photos, otherwise they will eventually disappear.

 

You can upload photos to Ratsun just gotta be bellow 4MB each.  

[Icehouse]

On 4/21/2023 at 6:20 AM, ]2eDeYe said:

This stuff is why I talked Jeff in to pic upload, also one of the reasons I started doing youtube vids. 

 

 

Yep!  We can do it now.  I gotta switch to that way.