PSA If you use Photobucket

BGood said:

So, I gather some of you use(d) Photobucket as a safe storage space ? The only reason I upload images on such websites, is to get an URL to post it somewhere. Never would it cross my mind, to rely on a website to keep my images safe for me. All my images are on my hard disks, with backups.

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I just used it for posting images but I figured if it was going to become inaccessible then I would delete everything.

BGood said:

We must be good people Robert, so our account is still accessible.

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BGood said:

You see this pic ? I just opened the image in another window and copied the URL.
You guys must be on the wrong side of the fence. Maybe the different civil code (The Napoleonic Code), prevents them from screwing us ?

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Are you still seeing your pic? If so, it's probably saved in your cache or something, none of us see the pic, just the notice about 'third party hosting'.
And a heads up, from what I understand, even if you buy the $99 package, you can not use 3rd party hosting. You need to buy the $400 package for that.

I signed up with Imgur today, much quicker and less ads. Seems to be working so far.

What, Robert?

I got the email today, linked pics gonna die.

THIRD PARTY HOSTING ONLY AVAILABLE WITH A PAY ACCOUNT PLAN 500 THAT COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG. So,... F*** Photobucket. I am now with Flickr as I have a backup email account with Yahoo.

I just got the email today as well saying no 3rd party hosting. 400 US a year? fcuk that!!!!

jb welder said:

Are you still seeing your pic?

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BOING ! Got the email today. That is awful. Millions of reference photos just disappearing like that. Some of them vital to an article or a procedure. That is very irresponsible.

laristotle said:

Maybe because I'm using less than half storage?

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I"m at 9% and got the letter today.

I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Larry, I'm only at 21% storage. Got the email yesterday (and again today). Too bad, PB was great for a long long time but I guess they had to monetize at some point.

Weird thing is I went on and deleted my pictures, cleared out the account basically and it still says I'm using 59% of the storage and I have 164 pictures uploaded.

keto said:

Larry, I'm only at 21% storage. Got the email yesterday (and again today). Too bad, PB was great for a long long time but I guess they had to monetize at some point.

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For $500, I'll get my own domain with storage, and someone to load everything from Photobucket.

I'm at 10 percent when i got the email. I downloaded everything and closed the account. Most of my pics in the threads have changed to the default no 3rd party hosting, but a few pics posted in the last few days are still there because they wer uploaded directly to CGF. You can keep your photos on PB forever, you just cant use them. What a fucked up idea. When it asked me why I was cancelling (Required! LOL) I told them the truth., The service has been degrading over the years, loading times take too long, uploads take too long, and now you want to charge me 400 USD for a service which has been going downhill for a while now? Good luck with that. I would love to know how many people are fleeing this BS site. I might be willing to pay 10 or 15 a year for what I need this for. I never used PB for a backup, I have a 3TB drive for that.

laristotle said:

I haven't received anything from them (yet).
I can still log in and access my pics.
Maybe because I'm using less than half storage?

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I'm using about 7% of mine--and can still see pictures & stuff--but it is slow...
Gave up on trying to upload some new ones.

I'm at 12%. Got the email yesterday. I'll DL all my pics (have most of them locally anyway), then close my account. Corporate suicide. The loss of information on hobby forums will be astounding. How to threads on guitars, cars... anything. I have threads out there with hundreds of pics and 50 plus pages of info. I'm never updating with new IMG tags. What a shame.

I believe PhotoFucket also monitors 3rd party hosting numbers. When you reach your maximum number allowable under the free or no advertising plan, you get cut off from hosting. I'm only at 2% capacity and use this site only for hosting and I resized all my photos down for the internet.

Robert1950 said:

Just accessed this photo (July 2nd), added title and description. No I have not checked the new terms of agreement.

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Robert1950 said:

I believe PhotoFucket also monitors 3rd party hosting numbers. When you reach your maximum number allowable under the free or no advertising plan, you get cut off from hosting. I'm only at 2% capacity and use this site only for hosting and I resized all my photos down for the internet.

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Still gone though, I resized all mine for posting too,that's why I downloaded everything off the PB site,so I wouldn't have to resize again.
I deleted my account days ago,it still active for some reason.

On another forum one member posted that he cancelled his account & when asked for a reason answered, "Extortion"

I haven't received my email yet but some of my pictures were not displaying on some forums. Last night I removed all my pictures and deleted the account. Too bad, I had about 7 years worth of pictures linked to forums. Some of it was actually useful.

If I start from scratch again...bleh.