officeglenn 767 Posted April 20 We've had a few complaints recently about the continued use of Photobucket on the forums. Many members are still attempting to link images directly from Photobucket; however, a few months ago, Photobucket made third-party hosting a feature available only to premium, paid accounts. This has resulted in images from free accounts, which seem to be the majority here on the forums, being replaced by placeholder images that are often much larger than the original intended file encouraging the user to upgrade his/her Photobucket account. What we as a moderating team would ask every member to do is review the content he/she has posted to the boards -- especially (but not limited to) signatures -- and, if it is affected by this issue, move it to another image-hosting site. Imgur is the one I would personally recommend, but I'm certain there are others out there. And if you could refrain from using Photobucket as your hosting site in the future, it would save a lot of headaches for everyone involved. Any questions, please feel free to ask them here. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CS85 6,820 Posted April 20 35 minutes ago, officeglenn said: a few months ago, Photobucket made third-party hosting a feature available only to premium, paid accounts. Once again I'll spam https://imgur.com. There's no reason to use anything else. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luingus221 26 Posted April 20 Why did they even get rid of the free accounts? And why are they so pricey (really, $400 a month to link an image to forums? are they idiots?) I would reccomend using TinyPic. It's completely free, and you don't even need an account. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DDR 1,655 Posted April 20 1 minute ago, Luingus221 said: Why did they even get rid of the free accounts? And why are they so pricey (really, $400 a month to link an image to forums? are they idiots?) I would reccomend using TinyPic. It's completely free, and you don't even need an account. It's $400 for the whole year, not monthly, but still...yeah, it's unnecessarily expensive. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CS85 6,820 Posted April 20 7 minutes ago, DDR said: It's $400 for the whole year Oh my god. That is legitimately hilarious. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFGiants58 4,978 Posted April 20 There are some useful browser extensions to get around Photobucket’s lunacy, but they aren’t exactly mobile-friendly. Still, what @CS85 said is right. Imgur is the best option. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DDR 1,655 Posted April 20 +1 for the Imgur crowd. I've used a few others, but after switching to Imgur a couple years ago I've never looked back. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walkerws 288 Posted April 20 I also have success with Flickr.com 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroBull21 1,248 Posted April 20 Since this just happened to me, if you hide all signatures you might want to make sure you didnt have a photobucket tagged image in your own signature. I didnt realize I had this massive Photobucket screenshot. What a bunch of trolls with that huge image saying "hey guess what, pay us if you want to see us" and our image is so much bigger that your original one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whittier S 333 Posted April 20 For the life of me, I can't find where to edit my signature. I may not be the only one. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy! 643 Posted April 20 Please go to Account Settings, Signature. The sooner the better. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Discrimihater 634 Posted April 21 I've found postimg.org to my liking, I'll throw their hat in the ring. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Lethal 832 Posted April 21 15 hours ago, SFGiants58 said: There are some useful browser extensions to get around Photobucket’s lunacy, but they aren’t exactly mobile-friendly. Would you happen to have any recommendations? There's a ton of otherwise-lost concepts on here I'd love to look at again. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFGiants58 4,978 Posted April 21 9 hours ago, Jimmy Lethal said: Would you happen to have any recommendations? There's a ton of otherwise-lost concepts on here I'd love to look at again. Sure! Here's a Chrome version and a Firefox equivalent. If I were you, I'd download the images you want and either store them on your computer or post them on imgur. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infrared41 4,588 Posted April 21 Upon a recommendation from my friend, CS85, I made the switch to Imgur* a while ago and I've never looked back. Imgur is easy and it works. What more does one need? *Despite all appearances to the contrary, this was not a paid endorsement of Imgur or any of its subsidiaries. Celebrity voices were done by impersonators. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BringBackTheVet 8,862 Posted April 23 On 4/20/2018 at 12:35 PM, CS85 said: Once again I'll spam https://imgur.com. There's no reason to use anything else. On 4/20/2018 at 2:38 PM, DDR said: +1 for the Imgur crowd. I've used a few others, but after switching to Imgur a couple years ago I've never looked back. On 4/21/2018 at 4:17 PM, infrared41 said: Upon a recommendation from my friend, CS85, I made the switch to Imgur* a while ago and I've never looked back. Imgur is easy and it works. What more does one need? *Despite all appearances to the contrary, this was not a paid endorsement of Imgur or any of its subsidiaries. Celebrity voices were done by impersonators. How do you actually get the direct URL for your photo from Imgur? All I can ever seem to get is a link that takes you to the post on its site, not just the image. I've been using Tinypic on PC, but have been struggling while in phone. What's the secret to Imgur? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CS85 6,820 Posted April 23 Right click on the image. Copy image location. Should end in .png, .gif, etc. paste in here. It auto embeds. I’ll paste a more versatile walkthrough tomorrow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwing64 1,471 Posted April 23 Oddly, while I saw the placeholder images in other members' signatures, I've not personally had that issue with mine despite not being a premium member on Photobucket. Or at least, I don't think I have. Having said that, the site is absurdly ad heavy to the point where it slows my browser down to a crawl and is barely usable. I think I'll be making the switch. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BringBackTheVet 8,862 Posted April 23 6 hours ago, CS85 said: Right click on the image. Copy image location. Should end in .png, .gif, etc. paste in here. It auto embeds. I’ll paste a more versatile walkthrough tomorrow. I’ll try again when I’m in PC but I swear nothing easy has worked. How about in phone through the app? That’s where I do the majority of my posting. This is how it looks oks when I copy link to photo through the app: https://imgur.com/gallery/kWKQu4i edit: May have had an a-ha moment. If using iOS’s Long-press copy function on the actual image it seems to copy the direct link. I’ve still never found a way to do it through imgur’s Interface. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sc49erfan15 1,257 Posted April 23 I've got 10+ years worth of images in Photobucket. Anyone have a way to download them all, in bulk, before Photobucket inevitably sharts the bed and deletes everything? I'd hate to lose it all, because the vast majority of it isn't backed up. Yes, I've Googled a zillion different iterations of "how to download all of my Photobucket pictures" and nothing I've tried has worked. I don't want to download them all one-by-one, but... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
