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Image Hosting


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So, as some of you may know and some may not, Photobucket has changed their TOS and are breaking third party hosted images unless you pay four hundred bucks a year. That means it's no longer viable and all old images will need to be rehosted for those of us who have been 'caught' and received the dreaded email that tends to go directly to spam. (Also, frankly, everyone should back up their stuff just in case, as the Photobucket Facebook has people reporting not even being able to see their images on the site itself.) Imgur doesn't allow use as a 'content delivery network,' either, so it's not a good alternative. Anyone know where to host images now?

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Jul. 18th, 2017 11:24 am (UTC)
There are several people who are offering sub domains on their web domains, and I'd say that maybe the most prominent iconners have that sorted now?

Either way, I'm fairly sure that if need be, someone will come here and offer up a subdomain!
Jul. 18th, 2017 11:28 am (UTC)
I've shot off an email to someone offering a subdomain for icons. :) But I'm looking for somewhere to host journal layout images etc. since I wouldn't want to abuse generosity for icon hosting by hosting other stuff too.
Jul. 18th, 2017 11:30 am (UTC)
I've asked, and they were fine with it. lol, I think most will be fine with it, as long as it's nothing illegal.
Jul. 18th, 2017 11:33 am (UTC)
I'll have to be sure to ask, then, since anything that isn't icons or journal layout elements can go onto imgur. Thanks! It's silly, but I didn't even think of the 'well, you could ask about that' option since I'm completely distracted hand-saving all my images from Photobucket. Seeing how the bulk album downloads no longer work.
Jul. 18th, 2017 11:34 am (UTC)
Yeah, they don't. :( I was hoping to save some old icon sets, but oh well.
Jul. 18th, 2017 07:57 pm (UTC)
Idk if you're the person who emailed me but I'm fine with people using my subs for anything 'non illegal' really if that helps?
Jul. 18th, 2017 09:01 pm (UTC)
I think it was! Sorry for not asking directly; my brain was fried this morning while I scrambled to back things up and figure out a hosting solution. (Normally I'm better about that, but all ny icons and journals were on a now-dead laptop, so...) Thanks though! That's great news, since I've got a few journals and character bios that need image rehosting too. &heart;
Jul. 18th, 2017 10:14 pm (UTC)
It's alright! I'll get it set up in a bit
Jul. 19th, 2017 12:10 am (UTC)
Thanks! ♥
Jul. 18th, 2017 09:59 pm (UTC)
Hey, sorry to just jump in here but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind letting me host some character layouts and misc mod related stuff for a game I run? I haven't posted icon sets in forever and a day so it wouldn't be much I don't think. Just the odd thing here and there for special events in the game once the basics were up.
Jul. 18th, 2017 10:12 pm (UTC)
Sure email me at theladyunicorn@gmail.com with a pw for a ftp account
Jul. 18th, 2017 10:19 pm (UTC)
You're amazing, thank you! I'll go do that now.
Jul. 18th, 2017 11:09 pm (UTC)
I've tried a few of my icon sets at photoland.io and so far so good.

Of course, I probably just jinxed myself.
Jul. 19th, 2017 05:07 am (UTC)
Hopefully you didn't, since it mentions being made for hotlinking. Thanks for the link!
Jul. 31st, 2017 07:27 pm (UTC)
Huh, interesting. I tried to sign up just now, but their signup link leads to an error page and the social media account setup says I don't have access to the app because it's in development. Do you remember how you went about signing up?
Jul. 19th, 2017 01:37 am (UTC)
I've been using imgur for hosting gifs/etc for layouts for ages and never had an issue?
Jul. 19th, 2017 02:10 am (UTC)
It's a relatively new development, where they disallow use for layout elements and avatars, and anything that isn't just sharing an image. (So posting a picture in a forum would be okay, but hosting all icon sets probably wouldn't.)

I don't think they track it like Photobucket, and honestly I doubt the activity from a general rp blog would be enough to set off any alarms they may have. But the TOS does mention they'll ban you and delete all your images if you're caught using imgur as a CDN. The wording is vague and a little unnerving:

"Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network. If you do – and we will be the judge – or if you do anything illegal, in addition to any other legal rights we may have, we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images, report you to the authorities if necessary, and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com. We mean it."

Basically, I still use it for gifs on journals etc, but I personally wouldn't use it for icon sets or anything I share as a resource, now. They already had one forum that had been using imgur to host their layout elements get banned and it destroyed forum posts etc as a result; I read about it on either reddit or imgur's forums a little while ago (maybe a couple months).

Seems like it's the age of sites ditching what made them popular in the first place, unfortunately.
Jul. 19th, 2017 02:12 am (UTC)
Oh, no, I don't use them for icons sets. I just use it for the gifs I use in my layouts but I guess maybe I need to rehost those, too.
Jul. 19th, 2017 02:19 am (UTC)
I haven't gotten around to rehosting mine, but I do make sure to have backups saved just in case. Last month, they tested one of those awful container pages like Photobucket had/has and it completely broke even right click saving. The feedback was overwhelmingly negative, though, and they actually disabled it, so there's still a ray of hope. I just keep side-eyeing imgur expecting it'll go the way of PB.
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Jul. 25th, 2017 01:14 am (UTC)
https://infinityfree.net/ I've been using them for ages for RPing stuff and have never had a problem.
Jul. 31st, 2017 06:14 pm (UTC)
I tried them, but unless the browser has visited my homepage there, no embedded images on IJ (eg. Cast lists, journal assets) actually appear as anything other than broken links. Idk how they do it, but that's shady and defeats the purpose of even using the host.

Unfortunately, I didn't realize this until after hosting journal images there, so now I have to redo the switch and find a better host. Curses upon Photobucket for being the catalyst in this hot mess!