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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:42 am Post subject: posting pix |
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Hi folks, on photobucket on Friday & it's so slow I nodded off. Most of my wide screen monitor was covered by adverts, so much so it wasn't possible to see what was actually on the photobucket page. I know it's free but, come on. If I was paying for it I would be really upset. Don't like paying for things - ye canny get the breeks aff a highland chentleman, Anyone found a good alternative(that works),cheers,JD. _________________ 1958 Ford Zephyr Mk2 Convertible
1976 Ford Granada Ghia. |
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badhuis
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1391 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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flickr.com is quite good. I have been using it for years. _________________ a car stops being fun when it becomes an investment |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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I moved from "Rubbishbucket" to "Imgur" because of all the "rubbish" and it being really slow.
Imgur is quite fast and simple. |
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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,Peter, OK, will investigate - thanks for info,cheers,JD. _________________ 1958 Ford Zephyr Mk2 Convertible
1976 Ford Granada Ghia. |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hi John. It took me a few minutes to get used to the way it works, it has drag and drop and I find that the images go in very fast, having said that we are on a very fast internet service. There are some "foreign" images come up when you sign in but I "click" straight past them.
I see Mike Edwards is using "Thumbsnap", I hadn't heard of that one.
What's it like Mike ??
Years back I digitized thousands of old family photos, some back to the late 1800's right through to the pre digital age. I keep them on two external HD's and my computer. I did once think about using "pay as you wait" "Trashbucket" but read too many bad reviews. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2472 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I generally use Flickr for stuff I upload myself, having had the same performance issues that others have had on PB.
When any of my pictures are on "Thumbsnap", that is because another forum I post on makes it really to add a photo to a post, and does so by uploading to Thumbsnap as part of the "add reply" process. I then copy the image codes over to this and any other forum I want to post them in, to save uploading multiple times. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3820 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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I tend to use Flickr and have had no trouble with that. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry folks but highly unimpressed with thumbsnap. It's a rather large hook for twitter which I have no time for,cheers,JD. _________________ 1958 Ford Zephyr Mk2 Convertible
1976 Ford Granada Ghia. |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1426 Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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I tried several and now use Flickr, have done for years because it is the only good thing Yahoo ever did. It really works well with my 5,000 odd photos on it. |
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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEdwards wrote: | I generally use Flickr for stuff I upload myself, having had the same performance issues that others have had on PB.
When any of my pictures are on "Thumbsnap", that is because another forum I post on makes it really to add a photo to a post, and does so by uploading to Thumbsnap as part of the "add reply" process. I then copy the image codes over to this and any other forum I want to post them in, to save uploading multiple times. |
how others see it.
https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.photobucket.com
no comment,cheers,JD. _________________ 1958 Ford Zephyr Mk2 Convertible
1976 Ford Granada Ghia. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2472 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:46 am Post subject: |
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It seems that, from some point in the last few days, Photobucket have changed their terms of service to prevent people from using it to host photos for third party sites. Specifically if you put a photo on PB with the intention of embedding it in a forum posting, it won't now show up.
Several forum threads where I've used PB are now showing a graphic saying "3rd party hosting has been temporarily suspended" and the intention is that you upgrade to a paying account instead.
Given the way they've done this - I don't think I received any advance notification - I suspect it will have the opposite effect. |
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DM
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 212 Location: North Cornwall
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Have not posted any pics on Photobucket for a while.
Tried yesterday, gave up fighting the adverts and deleted all of my pictures as I now can now host my own. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:45 am Post subject: |
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This looks like another case of "pay us some money to unlock your PC".
We shouldn't give in to blackmail. A bit of a nuisance for many of the threads in this forum though. If we can't trust these hosting sites it looks like we will need to adopt a strategy of holding images within the forum.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:04 am Post subject: |
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The situation is clear now. Pay $395 and you can post your photos. Don't pay and you can't. I have experimented with Flickr, find it easy to upload, especially in bulk, I get 1 TB of free space, and Photobucket can stuff itself. I've fourteen years of photos on there but they are all on my external hard disk, so I'll just open a new album, copy the necessary photos and upload, and Bob's your uncle. Worked a treat yesterday once I had spent a bit of time doing internet searches for "how to". |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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I am also a member of a Family History forum. Photos are uploaded to their servers. |
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