Not sure this is the sort of publicity Photobucket was after.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668

Also not sure they were aware of the consequences of their ill thought out actions.

That's going to hurt.

Also not sure they were aware of the consequences of their ill thought out actions.

Dunno.
Maybe they are PRECISELY aware of the consequences.
Could be one of them conspiracy theories, but..............
It was postured that perhaps the owners intend to ditch the site entirely, and are making one last cash grab before they just shut it down.
Does not seem beyond belief to me.

If that seems beyond belief to you, consider what they have already without caring about the damage to others they have caused.

My theory is also that if there remain any assets left after this is all over, a massive class action lawsuit claiming measurable and provable damages is not too far away. Would not be surprised if one is filed very soon.

Meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I must say that the prizes are now very high to share images on Photobucket.

As of June 30, 2017, Photobucket requires a $99 annual subscription to allow external linking to hosted images and a $399 annual subscription to allow the embedding of images on third-party websites, such as personal blogs and forums. This policy change, enacted with no advance warning, has been highly controversial.[6]

Perhaps companies can afford it but that people would store perhaps 100 of them...
No way.

It was postured that perhaps the owners intend to ditch the site entirely, and are making one last cash grab before they just shut it down.
Does not seem beyond belief to me.

Interesting theory. Could be...

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looks like they caught up with me and have obliterated all of my Daddio Cartoons and I presume my other photos that were posted on these boards.

What is the consensus of where we should go now after Photobucket ??

Probably best to download all of your albums now so you won't lose them.

I don't understand why the SETI boards couldn't just accept a JPEG directly just as FaceBook does.

What is the consensus of where we should go now after Photobucket ??

Probably best to download all of your albums now so you won't lose them.

I don't understand why the SETI boards couldn't just accept a JPEG directly just as FaceBook does.

Probably because Seti doesn't have the space or need to store tens of thousands of JPEGs. Which they would have to do if they were not stored on a server and accessed with a link.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

What is the consensus of where we should go now after Photobucket ??

Probably best to download all of your albums now so you won't lose them.

I don't understand why the SETI boards couldn't just accept a JPEG directly just as FaceBook does.

Because some plonker might come along and post a 30mb gif and suddenly all the seti bandwidth is used up trying to serve the image to dozens of computers.

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Just got everything of mine re-Downloaded to the MAC from Photobucket. Had to "Retry" a couple times on some of the Folders; but, I eventually got everything that I want from the Account back to the MAC. :-)


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TimeLord04
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SETI does not re-scale pictures - what it does is use HTML/JS code to tell the browser to present the picture at a size that can be viewed on a particular device. Not every device, and not every browser, supports these commands. Thus if you are unlucky and I upload a full camera resolution to the SETI boards you will be able to download it at full resolution. If SETI re-scaled the image it would have to retain a copy of the re-sized image which they do not do.

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Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

If you need/want to...

That pic works just fine.
Oh. Zannpix.
I see:)

I created my own online photo repository before I knew about Photobucket. I guess
I'll be using it again, now.

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Google Photos works fine with the "img" tag

I see nothing.

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What is the consensus of where we should go now after Photobucket ??

Probably best to download all of your albums now so you won't lose them.

I don't understand why the SETI boards couldn't just accept a JPEG directly just as FaceBook does.

Why would anyone upload photos/illustrations to an online service without
keeping a copy somewhere? I understand maybe not having enough
disk space to keep thousands of hi-res photos on one's computer, but at least
get a back-up hard drive or some flash drives and save them there.

If SETI accepted photos like Facebook does, then SETI would have to have
space on its servers for those photos. That would cost money. Facebook
charges advertisers. SETI relies on donations.

Edit: You can buy a back-up drive with terabytes of space quite cheaply these
days.

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Seti already rescales some pics.

I don't claim to understand the technology/code, but the pics are resized to fit into
your browser window. If you resize your browser window while looking at pics, you
will see that the pic adjusts accordingly. So I don't think, technically, that SETI is
resizing pics.

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~Sue~

SETI does not re-scale pictures - what it does is use HTML/JS code to tell the browser to present the picture at a size that can be viewed on a particular device. Not every device, and not every browser, supports these commands. Thus if you are unlucky and I upload a full camera resolution to the SETI boards you will be able to download it at full resolution. If SETI re-scaled the image it would have to retain a copy of the re-sized image which they do not do.

Yeah. This. ;-)

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My main irritation and sadness about PB's free demise is the fact all my picture links in my blog are going to be broken, and fixing that via another service will be time-consuming.

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My main irritation and sadness about PB's free demise is the fact all my picture links in my blog are going to be broken, and fixing that via another service will be time-consuming.

From things I have read, there are tens of thousands of others in your predicament.
And they are just as pissed off.
And that is part of what PB is probably counting on.
Some will have little recourse or time to make repairs so they will cave in and pay.
It is a form of extortion. And I truly think that there are grounds for a class action lawsuit.
Service was offered for free for many years, and once people were tied into that service, they suddenly want a king's ransom for anybody to conduct business as usual.
That is deception.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

What is the consensus of where we should go now after Photobucket ??

Probably best to download all of your albums now so you won't lose them.

I don't understand why the SETI boards couldn't just accept a JPEG directly just as FaceBook does.

Why would anyone upload photos/illustrations to an online service without
keeping a copy somewhere? I understand maybe not having enough
disk space to keep thousands of hi-res photos on one's computer, but at least
get a back-up hard drive or some flash drives and save them there.

If SETI accepted photos like Facebook does, then SETI would have to have
space on its servers for those photos. That would cost money. Facebook
charges advertisers. SETI relies on donations.

Edit: You can buy a back-up drive with terabytes of space quite cheaply these
days.

All of the photos, gif files, and such that are in my Photobucket Account started on one computer back in 2006. That computer is currently in storage. So the originals are on that drive, also in storage. Now, since re-Downloading them from Photobucket to my MAC, they are on my MAC's hard drive. :-) I had some photos that Photobucket deleted themselves; some Star Trek pics; but, I guess they figure those have some "Copyright" issues...???... I have Babylon 5 pics, too; but Photobucket let me keep those. They did delete a B-5 short Video I had Uploaded to the PB Account. So, I have lost some stuff. All the rest is now on Photobucket and on the MAC. If Photobucket dies, I don't care anymore.


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TimeLord04
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These sites can be used to post images here (even no account needed, unless you want to)
http://postimages.org/

http://picbg.net/

The second may start in Bulgarian but there is English flag at top-right (click that)
(text at the top "This site is for sale" stays there for 3-4 years)

"direct link" given by picbg.net for seti_logo_final.png (1000 x 200 Pixels)
http://store.picbg.net/pubpic/AD/87/91ff74d80d14ad87.png




The site has very simplistic interface.

Main page:




After Upload:

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