Post by DynoDave on Jul 5, 2017 18:39:02 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised there isn't a thread here about this.
Perhaps I'm the last Photobucket user on this forum
, but as you can see by my avatar and signature, all images hosted on free Photobucket accounts are now gone from forums. They still exist in your account, so you can still "store" them there for free, you just can't share them through a forum like this anymore. To regain that right, you have to buy a top tier package, starting at $399 a year.
This is a real loss for forums everywhere, from hunting to stamp collecting. Every thread with images hosted on a free account on Photobucket...now gone. Almost everything I've ever posted on this forum is via Photobucket. I actually have 3 accounts, as the first two filled up. It's the only hosting service I've ever used since I started joining forums, beginning with Moparts.com around Y2K. That's a LOT of posting.
I'm now faced with downloading each photo from "the bucket" back onto my PC, then reloading them somewhere else for posting again later. The reality is there are maybe two key build threads for vehicles I own (on other forums) that I will attempt to rebuild, fixing all of the broken links. But beyond that, I'll have to re-post them one at a time, as those topics or requests for them come back up. VERY time consuming.
It's hard to complain when they were providing a free service. I'd been looking at their pricing for several months, thinking of joining as a paying member to avoid the ads. But the jump from free to $399 is nuts.
Perhaps I'm the last Photobucket user on this forum
, but as you can see by my avatar and signature, all images hosted on free Photobucket accounts are now gone from forums. They still exist in your account, so you can still "store" them there for free, you just can't share them through a forum like this anymore. To regain that right, you have to buy a top tier package, starting at $399 a year.This is a real loss for forums everywhere, from hunting to stamp collecting. Every thread with images hosted on a free account on Photobucket...now gone. Almost everything I've ever posted on this forum is via Photobucket. I actually have 3 accounts, as the first two filled up. It's the only hosting service I've ever used since I started joining forums, beginning with Moparts.com around Y2K. That's a LOT of posting.
I'm now faced with downloading each photo from "the bucket" back onto my PC, then reloading them somewhere else for posting again later. The reality is there are maybe two key build threads for vehicles I own (on other forums) that I will attempt to rebuild, fixing all of the broken links. But beyond that, I'll have to re-post them one at a time, as those topics or requests for them come back up. VERY time consuming.
It's hard to complain when they were providing a free service. I'd been looking at their pricing for several months, thinking of joining as a paying member to avoid the ads. But the jump from free to $399 is nuts.
