Photo Bucket

[AndyM1]

When I am viewing various threads some pictures show as "Photo Bucket" with no real picture just a note saying I need to update some permissions to see them. I don't see anywhere in my profile to deal with this and I know I am missing some great photos. Help?

 

[Wagtail]

You don't need to update anything... this is all "Photo Bucket"s doing.

The originator(s) of the photos had them hosted via that company which was a 'free service'. It isn't anymore and "Photo Bucket" is basically holding those photos as ransom unless the originator(s) pay a fee.

Photos uploaded from your own system to TBN are unaffected.

 

[oosik]

Thanks Wagtail. I wondered what that symbol/notification was on some of these threads.

I have 100 +- photos on my computer. I thought that was a lot. I guess many folks have a lot more if they are needing storage beyond their computer hard drive.

 

[GaryM]

The advantage to Photo Bucket, and other photo hosting sites like Snap Chat, Flicker, and other is that the photos are "in the cloud" and available on any internet connected device. Your phone, tablet, your friends computer etc. Of course "the cloud" is just somebody elses computer, but you know what I mean.

If you're visiting someone and say "I've got this great photo of Yosemite Falls on my PC at home and wish I could show it to you", you can do so.

It also allows you to post photos to site where you're not allowed to upload directly, you just post the link from your photo sharing site.

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks Wagtail. I wondered what that symbol/notification was on some of these threads.

I have 100 +- photos on my computer. I thought that was a lot. I guess many folks have a lot more if they are needing storage beyond their computer hard drive.

There was a time when Photobucket was the easiest way to post pics here on TBN for me. I used them a LOT. I refuse to pay ransom. So I've got some threads on here with pics that you can't see.

It was never an issue of storage space outside my computer. I recently purchased a 2TB external storage device. I've got .23TBs of pics/videos. Literally thousands.

 

[TractorGuy]

I had a lot of images on photobucket and used it over uploading to TBN so I had control of my images. I don't like the fact that TBN will not allow editing after 24 hours.

That said I have accounts on other forums where you can edit your posts indefinitely and I have replaced some of the photobucket hosted images on those.

The photobucket change made me angry to the point I was determined to cancel my account and get my images deleted. It was no easy task with the pop ups they inflicted but I finally was able to click on a customer support link that allowed me to delete my account there. I have verified they deleted all my images.

I saw a simple hack somewhere that bypassed the photobucket code and made the images viewable again but I don't remember what it was.

There is at least one member on here that still has a photobucket link in his signature. I don't understand why they don't edit that out. I used to hove one in mine and decided to remove it before the melt down just because every topic I participated in caused my signature image to have to load.

 

[rekees4300]

I used Photobucket for years but unfortunately they decided to follow the business model of many other popular sites: start out for free --> lie to users that it will always be free --> after they signup enough suckers change policy and charge them.

 

[/pine]

I have never used the service...I've always had my own web servers...
From what I understand...they have implemented a fee based service for the ability to hot link images on their servers on third party sites...
FWIW...It takes bandwidth anytime an image is viewed on someones browser...when you have a lot of images being linked to on high traffic sites sites like TBN...and on really heavy traffic sites like social media...that bandwidth demand adds up to costing $$$...
There is no such thing as a free lunch...!

 

[ovrszd]

Then don't say there is.

 

[/pine]

Then don't say there is.

Naive end users tend to not bother reading the fine print along with the typical boilerplate nomenclature in the 'Terms of Service' and User Agreements...and or have someone explain to them what it means when they say something like: "changes can be made at any time without notice etc.,etc..."