Photobucket

Thanks to all for the valuable info shared on this site. Any way to get rid of or around the photobucket virus that's becoming a plague ?

I have ditched Photobucket as the "3rd party hosting" issue is a joke along with all the adverts. I have moved all mine to Google Photo's. I have put the pictures back in some of the threads on here, but I guess there is more to do.

Is or has Photo Bucket gone belly up ??

apparently (this has had a huuuge effect on the ozvmx forum) suckerberg bought PB and ramped up the ads. everyone went adblockers so he thought up the charge for 3rd party hosting (linking to forums etc) so everyone has gone onedrive google etc and are happy with the outcomes. if he had charged 25 bucks or so , 99% would have forked out but at 350...bupbow....

Yeah,

They screwed all mine up too!

This has ruined all the bike stuff I like to read . People went to the effort of taking photos uploading them and writing how to threads and now it's ruined

It's ruined most of the car sites I go to as well. It's a real shame.

there are prolific posters in ozvmx just spending 10 mins a night resetting their favorite posts with new links especially on stories of tech value which is great

greedy bastard that one

What I read here does not sound like a virus.

Just curious why one would not want to let the forum host the image. I can see a few reasons, do not like the terms and conditions of the site loose copyright rights perhaps one, another being viewers need sign in to see more than a thumbnail.

One can enter into a website hosting agreement and link to your pictures you upload to that. Some are not much over $100 a year and come with email accounts, no need to actually register a domain. Chances are your isp or internet service provider has some limited hosting with your deal.

Forums, internet discussion groups have value and get sold then the new owner may force all sorts of new advertising.

This seems to me a topic for the general section.

fran

Reason posted in the resto. forum was to state the huge loss of visual info that was originally posted by members for all to see. The phrase, a picture is worth a thousand words may be an understatement especially when dealing with technical re-fab issues, logo placements, correct fitment of mudguards, number plates , correct paint colors, cable & hose routing and all other things one encounters when bringing a cool oldie back to life. When faced with the Photobull icon I would bet a vast majority don't want to deal with it or can't afford it, and most original posters of this info won't go thru the process of re-doing them. So when & if Photobucket ceases will all these images be lost forever, in the name of greed ? It's just a shame.