Let's stop using photobucket on the forums.

[PersonOfInterest]

Photobucket is probably the worst image hosting site. What use is an image host with a bandwidth limit? I use imgur for all my image hosting needs.

http://imgur.com/

There are other's out there that work the same way, that's just the one I happen to use.

Edit:

http://tinypic.com/

http://imageshack.us/

Imageshack can be unreliable sometimes, but not as unreliable as photobucket.

[Nyles]

So I should just trash my whole photobucket account based on the fact that you don't like it?

Yeah, not gonna happen.

[PersonOfInterest]

Originally Posted by Nyles

So I should just trash my whole photobucket account based on the fact that you don't like it?

Yeah, not gonna happen.

No, that's not what I suggested at all. Imgur and other sites like it are purpose built for hosting images intended for forum posts. Photobucket is not. All I'm asking is that people use one of those sites for posting images on this forum, or any other forum. It's frustrating to scroll through a picture thread and see half of the posts made of multiple placeholder thumbnails from photobucket notifying me that the user's bandwidth allowance has been exceeded.

[Zulu Two Six]

its a choice of preference
you can't tell the entire forum not to use something

[PersonOfInterest]

Originally Posted by Zulu Two Six

its a choice of preference
you can't tell the entire forum not to use something

I'm not making demands of anybody. I can't imagine why anyone would intentionally choose photobucket over any other site to host an image post, so I assume it's a matter of not knowing about alternatives. Obviously it's not something that can be enforced, but if it could be acknowledged as an official preference it might be helpful.

I know on the somethingawful forums they state in the rules that it is preferred that any image host besides photobucket is used (a preference not a hard and fast rule). Before imgur was launched the users there created waffleimages as an alternative to photobucket, but I can't advocate for that here because it's run on the private servers of SA forum users specifically for images posted to SA.

I bring this up because of this thread.

http://forum.imfdb.org/showthread.php?t=216

A whole bunch images there weren't showing up. Whether or not the images load from photobucket is variable depending on how many people are viewing the thread.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Zulu Two Six

its a choice of preference
you can't tell the entire forum not to use something

But it's POI. He manages to say something 'douchy' every three days or so!

[Zulu Two Six]

okay, i feel this should be pointed out POI, just so you dont piss me off.

1. i fucking hate your guts right now
2. i have a feeling that 3/4 of this forum hates your guts right now
3. some days i will have a short temper, it depends what mood im in.
4. you have already been banned, lets not go through this again
5. if you are corrected, dont be a dick, just accept it and shut the hell up
6. dont be a smartass
7. keep unnecesary comments to yourself

that is all. leave me alone

[Markost]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

http://tinypic.com/

Guess what, they banned all the argentinian users (including myself) a month ago:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

In July 2010 TinyPic blocked access to the site to users from Argentina, cutting off thousands of users to access, view or delete their stored images. No statement has been released from TinyPic nor any user questions replied, instead a sign appears upon accessing the website inviting user to join PhotoBucket, but without giving any solutions for the user' stored images and videos

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by Markost

Guess what, they banned all the argentinian users (including myself) a month ago:

Because fuck Argentina, that's why

[Markost]

Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

Because fuck Argentina, that's why

Looks like Tinypic doesn´t like argies. But, as far as I know, they are blocking us because nobody wants to pay for a Premium Account.