Photobucket

[Hopeless Diamond]

So, looks like the very few photos that I've uploaded to Photobucket and shared on various forums has overloaded their fragile system and now they want me to signup for their $40/mo plan in order to allow 3rd party access. Noticed that this is happening to many others too. I had used Photobucket for those random pictures of tie-rod ends or misc stuff that I didn't want to throw on my Flickr account. Looks like time to try a new site. Any recommendations, may see how Postimage.org does. Claims to be primarily for hosting photos for forums, etc

 

[lucky7]

I've heard of this happening. I have two PB accounts that I haven't used in years. I wonder if they're still working??

Anyhow, I keep an album on my flickr for random crap like that now. I just make it and all the photos private so they don't show up for anyone but me. They'll still post to forums, too.

 

[Xrunner]

It appears to me like they just cut off 3rd party hosting for the free accounts? I have a low-level ($4/month I think) paid account and mine seem to be working.

Can you see the below photo?

 

[lucky7]

How about these? Both free accts.

 

[The Artisan]

How about these? Both free accts.

Tell me more about the specs on RSs. Need interior for that project of yours...

Kevin

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

Yep, it shows. The email notification said in order to restore the 3rd party hosting I had to upgrade to the "Plus 500" plan which is the $39.99/mo. I would bet any paid plan would allow the 3rd party hosting, they're just trying to up-sell as much as they can. Doubtful that anyone would jump from a free plan with known limitations all the way up to the top plan. I recognize they need to generate revenue to offer services, but if I'm going to pay that much, it'll be with someone with better services.

I'll probably go Lucky7's route with a "junk" album on Flickr. Easy to upload directly from Lightroom too.

 

[The Artisan]

I just linked my pics from my bucket acct. I have had them for several years though maybe they changed for newer users? Why not just use the hosting on this site?
Kevin

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

Yours are blanked out, must be some threshold of views. Uploading directly to the site has it's own limitations, usually based on file size. They have a lot of pictures being displayed, trying to deal with all those files is tough and would require a lot more storage and management. Uploading to a hosting site and then linking to it minimizes the load on the forum servers.

 

[The Artisan]

Oh wow maybe they did change it all thanks for letting me know. They did show when I posted. I will save all of them as they will be on my new site.
Kevin

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

Yeah, they showed at first, then changed.

Test of a Private Flickr Album...

 

[java]

All the forums people are having freak outs. Its PB wide it seems..... I use Flickr.

 

[danasince1979]

****** Photobucket!?!?! They just broke a lot of forums.

There's no way in hell I'm paying for their crap site, especially after they just dropped that bomb.

What's everyone else moving to?

 

[The Artisan]

Yeah, they showed at first, then changed.

Test of a Private Flickr Album...

Wow great detail in your pic, did you enhance or is that using filters?
Kevin

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

Used a real camera, not a phone :ylsmoke: But boy do the files get big, that's why hosting them on a photosite can make posting them on forums so much easier

 

[shoppingshzhang]

Why not use Imgur?