Photobucket account 3rd party linking help

[Bootsy]

Yes tapatalk is a good option and paying 79p a month for the VIP service is worthwhile

Posting a picture is so easy


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[Ralph]

I have just down loaded all of my pictures from Photobucket but some are now stretched? I too now have a flickr account - so lets try this:

[davep]

You know, if we have to pay to have our photos hosted online, why not pay DDK to do the hosting? Other forums such as Pelican and the Early 911S Registry host their own images. I am a paying member of ESR due to certain benefits I receive, and that could be the case here also.
I must say that I do go back and look through old posts, and the PB extortion image everywhere is horrifying. If other services are flooded, they may go the PB route as well; I do admit that PB seems to have committed suicide though.

[Bootsy]

I can turn on the picture hosting via our server but it slows down the forum a fair bit

[amallagh]

Prety much all I used Photobucket to do is hosting for DDK.
I've had no more specific requesting for $399.99. Just that my account now has restricted useage rights.

[fetuhoe]

Image Shack seems much more cost effective than Photobucket.

[210bhp]

My question is,
If you sign up to photobuckets demands do all your previous pictures return on ddk?

Regards
Mike

[Bootsy]

I believe so but it's such a ridiculous fee - why they didn't make it reasonable and encourage people I don't know

[amallagh]

As you say $ or two per month would have been realistic and I think a reasonable % of people might have paid.
You'd almost guess they were trying to kill it off ! $400 was never going to work. Not even close.

[svens]

I believe so but it's such a ridiculous fee - why they didn't make it reasonable and encourage people I don't know

Because they hate their customers.

[Bootsy]

There's rumours they're stripping it and it's going under.

There was millions pumped into it a few years ago but it's failed to make money

[964RS]

Probably a last ditch attempt to make it viable - if they get 0.1% of customers sign up they will make a small fortune.

I don't think we can really moan at them though, they've been hosting most of the worlds photos for free since just about the beginning of online photos....it was never going to last.

I do think $49 a year would have got way more sign ups though and it is sad when you look through some forums now, almost every picture in every old thread has gone....

[Hugh Jorgan]

I can turn on the picture hosting via our server but it slows down the forum a fair bit

By how much?
Would it be really noticeable?
I'm a complete IT f*ck wit, so anything to make it straightforward would be welcomed by me.

[Ralph]

What I can't understand is why are my photos hosted on Photobucket still visible?

[jb]

What I can't understand is why are my photos hosted on Photobucket still visible?

Mine too
I can only think that by recently opting for the no adverts option I have averted or delayed the problem