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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2017, 12:10:44 PM »
Good grief, I didn't realize that the policy from Photobucket was retroactive. All pictures from previous posts are gone!!


I still can't figure out Google Photos. I went to Google Plus but couldn't figure out how to move the pictures. I can do somethings on my computer as long as it doesn't require getting a new skill.
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #26 on: July 12, 2017, 03:03:59 PM »
Quote from: Tommy Williamsen on July 12, 2017, 12:10:44 PM
Good grief, I didn't realize that the policy from Photobucket was retroactive. All pictures from previous posts are gone!!
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They are probably still in your photobucket account. Photobucket is just blocking their display.
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Dunlop_White

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2017, 12:47:43 AM »
Photobucket has just eliminated all the photos I've used for years to supplement posts in the Discussion Group….effectively compromising the content of entire threads throughout GCA. I could spend $400 annually with Photobucket to restore posts -- or spend days and weeks converting to a new site and re-embedding them back into countless threads. 
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #28 on: July 27, 2017, 01:43:46 AM »
Quote from: Dunlop_White on July 27, 2017, 12:47:43 AM
Photobucket has just eliminated all the photos I've used for years to supplement posts in the Discussion Group….effectively compromising the content of entire threads throughout GCA. I could spend $400 annually with Photobucket to restore posts -- or spend days and weeks converting to a new site and re-embedding them back into countless threads.
Please spend the $400 so they can improve their website to consistently allow me to get my pictures back through downloads.  ::)

Pretty fly by night organization.  >:(

Best of luck to you.
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David Lott

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #29 on: July 27, 2017, 09:38:59 AM »
Quote from: Ulrich Mayring on July 06, 2017, 07:10:17 AM
You have to be aware of the fact that any service that is provided for free today will cost money tomorrow. If you are not prepared to either pay for a service or move off it once it starts charging, then your best option is to self-host. Which is what I do for my pics. It costs me a few bucks per month to have my own server, which not only hosts photos, but also my email, website and everything else that I wouldn't trust anyone else with.

However, what I don't understand is people getting angry when a free service suddenly starts charging money. That step is inevitable and everyone, who charges money for their work, should know that!

Ulrich


Indeed. But everyone loves free stuff
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David Lott

BCowan

Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #30 on: July 27, 2017, 10:19:46 AM »
Quote from: Dunlop_White on July 27, 2017, 12:47:43 AM
Photobucket has just eliminated all the photos I've used for years to supplement posts in the Discussion Group….effectively compromising the content of entire threads throughout GCA. I could spend $400 annually with Photobucket to restore posts -- or spend days and weeks converting to a new site and re-embedding them back into countless threads.


Dunlop,


I highly recommend imageshack, I pay maybe $40-60 a year and the site quality is much better. They gave me a free year in 2013.  I'd recommend u give them a shot.  $400 seems like a shakedown.
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Dunlop_White

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2017, 11:06:31 AM »
Thanks for the recommendation. Imageshack could work nicely moving forward. However, I would need to spend days and weeks re-embedding all the old photos into old threads, which are now compromised without them. Looks like we have no other choice.





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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #32 on: July 27, 2017, 11:41:09 AM »
Quote from: Dunlop_White on July 27, 2017, 11:06:31 AM
Thanks for the recommendation. Imageshack could work nicely moving forward. However, I would need to spend days and weeks re-embedding all the old photos into old threads, which are now compromised without them. Looks like we have no other choice.


Dunlop,


Before you do all that work you might ask Ran if he has any data on people visiting old threads. This site is even set up to deter people from posting on old threads. On an attempt you are asked if you really, really want to add anything new.
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Bart Bradley

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #33 on: July 27, 2017, 01:02:56 PM »
I am not complaining but my pictures haven't disappeared.  Wonder why?


Bart
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Richard Hetzel

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #34 on: July 27, 2017, 01:06:29 PM »
I stopped using photobucket a long time ago, way too many adds.


I use imageBB.com, totally free and quite simple to use.
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #35 on: July 27, 2017, 01:24:38 PM »
I have a lot of photos now blocked on Photobucket. But I've got loads more which have not been seen including old colour slides scanned. I should be very happy to share these with GCA folk if someone would send me instructions for posting them. I have a mixed bunch of old slides which have lost their captions, so we might have some fun identifying them! They're mostly British but there are a few European and American ones, although I am not sure how many of the American ones I am allowed to post - certainly not Winged Foot.
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Mike Sweeney

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #36 on: July 27, 2017, 08:42:07 PM »
Quote from: Mike Sweeney on July 11, 2017, 08:49:01 PM
Quote from: Tommy Williamsen on July 11, 2017, 08:15:56 PM
I tried to post a photo using Google photos but no luck. When I right click I don't see "copy image location." I do see "copy image address" but when I paste the link no picture comes up just a long series of letters and numbers.


You have to move it to your G+ account, make it public and post as before. The default image is smaller, so change the initial block  to "img width=800" (don't use the quotes,  use [ and ] - I have to use the quotes here so you see them).





Reposting for Mark Rowlinson.


Google has lots of money, and this seems to work free of charge, for now.
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Joe Hancock

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #37 on: July 27, 2017, 08:53:03 PM »
Instead of all this discussion about which site to host photo's for fee or free, shouldn't we just pay Ran to upgrade and host our photo downloads directly? Todays free site might be the the next PhotoBucket tomorrow. Dunlops example is the perfect reason to let GCA.com host, that way the photos are always there, unless the website disbands altogether, making all this a moot point.
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Sean_A

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #38 on: July 28, 2017, 03:46:50 AM »
I have been served notice....another month or so and 3rd party hosting disappears. 

Ciao
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Neil White

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #39 on: July 28, 2017, 07:26:29 AM »
I have started uploading photos to Facebook ensuring that they are private.


From there I can view the photo and right click to copy the link.


This might suit some of you.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Photobucket war on us
« Reply #40 on: July 28, 2017, 11:18:24 AM »
Quote from: Joe Hancock on July 27, 2017, 08:53:03 PM
Instead of all this discussion about which site to host photo's for fee or free, shouldn't we just pay Ran to upgrade and host our photo downloads directly? Todays free site might be the the next PhotoBucket tomorrow. Dunlops example is the perfect reason to let GCA.com host, that way the photos are always there, unless the website disbands altogether, making all this a moot point.


Joe,


I'm all for this as this would certainly simplify things. Storage is dirt cheap...its the bandwidth hit you're really paying for.  What would be the cost basis, assuming 100-200 active posters of this site at any given time?
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