Photobucket pulls the plug!

[phil384]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images

Thank god for that. Hateful program. Got so bad and ad ridden I stopped clicking on links to it.

Imgur all the way.

[Garvin]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images

Thank god for that. Hateful program. Got so bad and ad ridden I stopped clicking on links to it.

Imgur all the way.

Yes, but Photobucket was fine for 'third party hosting' - embedding images in forums etc. Imgur is fine now, but so was Photobucket once...

[Rickenbacker]

Yes, but Photobucket was fine for 'third party hosting' - embedding images in forums etc. Imgur is fine now, but so was Photobucket once...

Hear hear.

[45flint]

I see nothing wrong with Danny asking for some help here, it's the logical way to fix this. Eventually no service will be free forever, real world. Danny's gallery was been awesome in helping this new collector see images I would never have seen in any other way.

[Garvin]

I see nothing wrong with Danny asking for some help here, it's the logical way to fix this. Eventually no service will be free forever, real world. Danny's gallery was been awesome in helping this new collector see images I would never have seen in any other way.

Thanks Steve. It's not from choice, believe me.

[Airsporter1st]

If ever there was an opportunity for the BBS Admin to do the right thing by airgunners, this is it.

Where are you Messrs Ramsbottom, Doe et al?

[Garvin]

If ever there was an opportunity for the BBS Admin to do the right thing by airgunners, this is it.

Where are you Messrs Ramsbottom, Doe et al?

Not sure what you mean by this, Paul? Mr Ramsbottom has said on another thread that the BBS is planning to carry images soon.

Looks like Imgur is going the same way as Photobucket. It reminds me of something I once heard which is that if it's free on the internet, then you are the target (ie. your information etc is the source of revenue one way or another).

PS. that can't be said of my galleries.

[clunge]

...if it's free on the internet, then you are the product...

Botophucket has been intolerably clunky and intrusive for years.

[Garvin]

...if it's free on the internet, then you are the product...

Yes, that's exactly what I meant.

Botophucket has been intolerably clunky and intrusive for years.

This is true, but 3rd party links/hotlinking, as opposed to direct links back to PB's website, have been OK.

[T 20]

If ever there was an opportunity for the BBS Admin to do the right thing by airgunners, this is it.

Not sure what you mean by this, Paul?

I wouldn't worry, Danny.

It's just the latest in a long line of bizarre posts from Paul attacking the Admin of the BBS for no given reason.



All the best Mick

[Garvin]

I wouldn't worry, Danny.

It's just the latest in a long line of bizarre posts from Paul attacking the Admin of the BBS for no given reason.



All the best Mick

Shame, Mick. I can see where that's heading...

[Airsporter1st]

I wouldn't worry, Danny.

It's just the latest in a long line of bizarre posts from Paul attacking the Admin of the BBS for no given reason.



All the best Mick

Mick, I usually agree with and admire your even-handedness in dealing with us unruly children of the BBS, but in this case I think you are wrong. Rereading my suggestion, I don't see that it is either bizarre or attacking the Admin at all. If you think otherwise then I apologise.

I do not deny that I have had the occasional snipe in other posts. That started when numerous valued members were being arbitrarily banned for petty reasons - the most ridiculous being those that expressed a dislike of the (then) new forum layout.

[Airsporter1st]

Not sure what you mean by this, Paul? Mr Ramsbottom has said on another thread that the BBS is planning to carry images soon.

Looks like Imgur is going the same way as Photobucket. It reminds me of something I once heard which is that if it's free on the internet, then you are the target (ie. your information etc is the source of revenue one way or another).

PS. that can't be said of my galleries.

What I mean is that it would be easily possible for the BBS to host your pictures, to the benefit of many of us.

I know (and welcome) that Mr R has said it will soon be possible to post images on thread, but I was thinking of something more in terms of your vast volume of vintage airgun photos. It would be nice to think of them being maintained for posterity.

[Garvin]

What I mean is that it would be easily possible for the BBS to host your pictures, to the benefit of many of us.

I know (and welcome) that Mr R has said it will soon be possible to post images on thread, but I was thinking of something more in terms of your vast volume of vintage airgun photos. It would be nice to think of them being maintained for posterity.

I see, Paul. The problem with this is that the pics have all been uploaded to Photobucket and to do so all over again would take months of work - there are well over 20,000 so far and lots still to upload!

Spending a few minutes every day uploading is manageable but doing it all in one go is not (for me anyway).

I'm sure that's part of Photobucket's calculation - that they feel they have people over a barrel.

The trouble is, when I started, PB seemed much more benign than it does today, and I didn't really expect the galleries to take off as they have. In my naiivety, I thought there were only a few hundred different models of airguns out there, not thousands.

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