Geoff M Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I have seen lately people posting pictures using photo bucket and the pictures are either blurred or across the middle of the photo a large "Hosted by Photobucket" which kinda defeats the purpose of posting the pictures. If you are using photo bucket please check and make sure that the pictures look right. I don't know why people are still using photo bucket. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 In my case, I've had pictures posted through PB for years and then just recently after they "restored use" back, they put a limit to the amount of images they will host for free accounts. So I'd either have to go and delete a huge amount of old images to get below the allotted amount to allow the newer ones to show up correctly, or go and transfer EVERY image I've posted here to a new hosting service. the alternate is to pay for a larger use account at PB and I'm kind of against doing that with the way they treated people before. So I guess what I'm saying is....sorry but I don't think mine will get fixed anytime soon. Other's mileage may vary. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Wow! Seems like the old leadership team is back. You know, the team that was shocked at the backlash of their fine $300/year plan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I have kicked The Bucket. Off my scope. I could care less how many times they email me with an urgent message to care. I do not. The pics I posted here through them are gone. At least no one will be tempted to rip them off and publish without my approval. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I'm not one to burn bridges but I nuked that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, Spruemeister said: I could care less how many times they email me with an urgent message to care. It is irritating getting their threats multiple times per day. I really only used blottophucket in one thread here, originally posted over five years ago when blottophucket proudly offered free/unlimited image hosting. Then blottophucket got greedy and changed the rules. The F1 thread has ~35 images in it and has over 5,000 views. Evidently that was blowing through blottophucket’s bandwidth limitations with such frequency they obscured all the images by blurring and watermarking them beyond recognition. I got fed up and changed the rules on my end. I rehosted the images on imgur, now they load faster and render at higher resolutions than blottophucket ever did. I too kicked the Bucket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just disappointing that, since PB was one of the major photo hosting sites for ages, many really nice threads are going to lose all their pictures. PB sucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 45 minutes ago, 11bee said: Just disappointing that, since PB was one of the major photo hosting sites for ages, many really nice threads are going to lose all their pictures. PB sucks. ...many really nice threads are going to once again lose all their pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbody Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I was lucky that when PB went stupid, I had just started their minimum paid account, so I could avoid all the ads that were on the site. I still had the ability to download all my images there, back onto my computer, which I did. Soon after, they removed that option. I then went over to Flickr, which works quite nicely. As I had way over PB's new limit, I can't use any of the images that are still stored there. Photobucket can suck it! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I ended up at Imgur, and thought, "Why didn't I do this years ago?? It works better, it's SO much easier to use, better all around!" Never ever looked back. Not once. Won't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jagdtiger46 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Oh yes, PB lost my business forever. I copied all of my stuff, en-masse, to ImageShack, and all is good now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 I ended up at Imgur, and thought, "Why didn't I do this years ago?? It works better, it's SO much easier to use, better all around!" Never ever looked back. Not once. Won't. Imgur is my go to photo storage too! Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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