Author Topic: Photobucket - 3rd Party Hosting Changes (Read 6490 times)

ST2UP · « **on:** July 07, 2017, 11:26:08 AM »

By now many of you have experienced the frustration of the new changes made by Photobucket.

About 75% of their users are non paying members of the service provided and they relied heavily on advertising to cover their business costs. They state that this is no longer sustainable and are now charging for 3rd Party hosting of photo's.

In laymen's terms....If you use photobucket to store your photos and wish to then attach them to a forum post this will no longer be possible unless you elect to pay for their premium service that allows 3rd Party hosting at $399 US per annum.

Not every one has been effected by the change just yet....but its coming

Other free (or minimal cost) hosting services exist that allow 3rd party posting at the moment....Flicker, 500PX, IMGBB are a few options.

We don't encourage posting the attachment of your picture directly to your post (but accept it happens

) as we only have limited band space in our website to accommodate these attached pictures.....the more attached pics the slower the website/forum etc.

So could I PLEASE encourage you to view your posts you have made with pictures shared via your Photobucket account to see if they have been effected and make the required changes to your post so your pics can be viewed and keep your posts complete.

Just to confirm to the few who have contacted us, this issue is a result of photobuckets 3rd Party hosting rules and not an OzSToc Forum malfunction.

Bodø Glimt · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2017, 11:30:19 AM »

Or you can think outside of the box and host your photos on a dummy facebook account.

ST2UP · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2017, 11:49:18 AM »

Quote from: Bodø Glimt on July 07, 2017, 11:30:19 AM

Or you can think outside of the box and host your photos on a dummy facebook account.

I believe the problem arises then to view the pic you need to have a FB account ??? I could be wrong though ??

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2017, 12:09:56 PM »

I for one do not have a Facebook account, therefore am unable to view pics posted via that method.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2017, 12:27:34 PM »

test

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/34927637074_5c7582d0c5_m.jpg

OK, Flickr gives link, but not pic onscreen here

Bodø Glimt · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2017, 12:56:19 PM »

Quote from: Kev Murphy on July 07, 2017, 12:09:56 PM

I for one do not have a Facebook account, therefore am unable to view pics posted via that method.

Can you see this?

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2017, 01:02:36 PM »

Bodø Glimt · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2017, 01:04:18 PM »

It's on facebook.

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2017, 01:13:23 PM »

ok, maybe its just some links to facebook that dont work for me?

Bodø Glimt · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2017, 01:22:39 PM »

Depends if it's set to private or not.

Wild Rose · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2017, 05:04:41 PM »

I'm not on facebook either and going to sign up at any time soon

I am not going to pay $399.99/year but would pay a reasonable amount
I would be prepared to throw in a few $$$ if OzSTOC could organise a deal
Just saying

alchemist · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2017, 08:15:57 PM »

Hi everyone I have a free alternative that I have setup for everyone to use. Easy FB or Google signup (or email)

Please take a look at it over at - www.imghostr.net

It is unlimited storage, just limited to 2MB per photo.

Cheers

Brock · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2017, 08:27:03 PM »

I think all of us you a beer or two.

Thankyou

alans1100 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2017, 12:40:38 AM »

Instead of Photobucket I now use Flickr https://www.flickr.com/about for most pictures.

For our future ride reports (includes related RTEs) I'll use my blog site http://st1100a.blogspot.com and then just post a link to it.

Diesel · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2021, 01:34:04 PM »

Gadget · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2021, 02:06:05 PM »

I see a STella sight.

Sent from my SM-N986B using Tapatalk

Kev Murphy · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2021, 02:29:02 PM »

Hey Diesel, when Photobucket first demanded hosting payment for use of their service, I switched to free imgbb.com, and then basically suggested the last two digits of your bike rego to Photobucket.

Diesel · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2021, 06:03:57 PM »

Thanks Kev and Gadget. The above pic was a test from Imghostr which seems to be working as well.

I will eventually wad through my posts and update pics that copped the watermark from photobucket - but this will take a while.

Cheers, Diesel

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