Photobuckit is deleting photos

[Thelma Sanders]

that have been posted on forums, unless you pay for their service - read about it here on MSE

Photobucket no longer allowing 3rd party hosting of images for free - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums

So as well as the ones GYO forum lost, we'll now lose all photos via Photobucket links

[Snadger]

I've never trusted Photobucket.

[veggiechicken]

Buckit & chuckit

[Cadalot]

The upgrade to this forum promised before the crash never happened, such is life

[Thelma Sanders]

Buckit & chuckit

I was thinking 'Buckit', but it didn't begin with a B *grumble grumble*

[veggiechicken]

We're probably all thinking of another spelling
I've never used it, or anything similar but I guess the other sites will follow suit soon.
Nothing's safe these days

[Thelma Sanders]

I've just downloaded all my photos from their site, but it would take a month of Sundays to find one you were looking for in the zip file. You have to open each one to see what it is and do I really need to keep a picture of eg a red pepper I grew 3 years ago. It was relevant in the post at the time though....... but I'd hate to lose the pics of my grandchildren or all the celebration cakes I've made in the last 10 years.

Sorting them out is a job for a a cold winter day m'thinks

[Potstubsdustbins]

Yep another site I visit about Nottingham only has remote hosting for pics, they have been recommending PB for a long time, today they lost all the pics on the site.

I'm having a look at postimage to see what that's like.

[veggiechicken]

I don't know who on the Vine uses PB but Maverick does - and his photo is still here http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1479191

and Jonny the plant pot http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1520052

[Thelma Sanders]

I think it will take a while for PB to find them all..

I was reading on another forum and one of the members on there has lost all his photos, it looks really sad.

It seems very wrong to me that pictures that were put on there and links posted under the terms and conditions relevant at that time should be removed years later, because they have change the T&Cs recently. If the no 3rd party applied from now on, fair enough but to apply the rule retrospectively?
Can't really see Photobucket surviving this decision

[veggiechicken]

BUT have a look at FB's post http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1478604

Not looking good

[Dynamite]

Here's a novel idea........

The vine just gets fixed to allow decent sized photos.........Job done.

Regards........Rob

[Cadalot]

Here is a better idea - use infranview which is free, open your photo and save and it reduces the size significantly then if over the 2K limit then reduce the size by a percentage so that it uploads. It takes seconds to do

[sparrow100]

Here is a better idea - use infranview which is free, open your photo and save and it reduces the size significantly then if over the 2K limit then reduce the size by a percentage so that it uploads. It takes seconds to do

Or just right-click on the image, select edit from the options and resize from there. Simples.

The only issue with that is that your images are always as an attachment and have to be clicked on. The forum won't accept links from my website, where most of my relevant allotment pics are.

[Cadalot]

Or just right-click on the image, select edit from the options and resize from there. Simples.

Well I'll be a monkeys uncle that's something else they have slipped in to windows that I did not know about thanks for that golden nugget