Izento wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:55 am

As anyone can see by going through past threads, a lot of the images aren't being displayed because Photobucket has decided to charge its users to "hotlink" from other forums/websites. No fault to them, I guess you gotta make money somehow, but for those who have build threads or informative threads, it would be a good service to re-upload your images to alternative sites.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/

This one is about the only one I could find which allows hotlinking and keeps images forever. Imgur erases images if they haven't been viewed for a while, along with other sites. Flickr doesn't allow for hotlinking.

I suggest all the moderators to make an announcement in their own sub-forums.

waynosworld wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:07 pm

I would suggest warning everyone on here not to use Photolame anymore, they have changed their policies and changed their stance on 3rd party hosting, if you have not noticed all photos hosted with Photolame are gone and a box is now in there place telling you to update your account for the sum of $399.00, they then will put your photos back the way they were.
This is criminal and if you do pay them they will just think of another reason to make you pay more in a couple years, that is if they survive this change that came without any kind of notice, and they will do it again.
Personally I would tell all the members here to find another photo hosting service, imgur also has a no 3rd party hosting policy even though they might not be enforcing it right now so I would not go that route, as if Photolame survives this they will likely go the same route for the quick buck.
This is a quote from another site about this subject below, I would suggest not paying them and finding another hosting site.

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Photobucket may make a quick buck from the unannounced change, as some members may feel pressured in paying up so that their images are displayed again on third-party sites.
I think however that many more will leave Photobucket and use another service instead for image hosting. This may be fueled by site-wide bans of the service.
The plan is overpriced in my opinion, not only because there are free alternatives available out there, but also because you may sign up for a VPS or web hosting account instead for a fraction of the price that Photobucket charges.
Even if it would be priced reasonably, and Photobucket has any right to adjust its pricing, blocking images without prior notice or migration options, especially since this was free before, is not the most elegant of ways to go about it.

rfs324 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:38 pm

Hey all,
I'm new on here. Can anyone tell me why I can't view the images that are in some of the older threads/articles that I pull up on NICO? Just wondering cause obviously it is much easier to follow a write-up if you can view the images. What am I missing?
Thanks!