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Offline Sunset

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Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« on: September 02, 2017, 05:30:58 PM »
So I've been using imgur since the whole photobucket fiasco for the sole purpose of hosting pics for posting here.  But I was on it just now (uploading a pic of a new Tempest Shadow plush find at TRU)and I just don't like all the up/down voting and unsolicited comments.  I'm uploading pics for you guys and not a bunch of random internet trolls.

How are the other photo hosting sites in this regard?


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And, yup, just got a comment about my "fat wrist melded with my bracelet." (Because you could see my hand holding the plush.) So I deleted my photos and the account.  This is not what I want from a photo hosting site.  *sigh*
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2017, 05:50:40 PM »
I use Facebook. (i don't actually use it for personal life anyway but need it for our business) i have created a private locked album which only i can see. Then to put the pictures on here you right click the photo pick copy img url.
Then on here you click on the picture icon (its next to the world with a sheet of paper in front of it) then you paste the img url between the Img text that comes up and you are done.
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2017, 05:53:46 PM »
I use Facebook. (i don't actually use it for personal life anyway but need it for our business) i have created a private locked album which only i can see. Then to put the pictures on here you right click the photo pick copy img url.
Then on here you click on the picture icon (its next to the world with a sheet of paper in front of it) then you paste the img url between the Img text that comes up and you are done.

So other people can see the picture (on here) even though it's marked private on Facebook?  I might give that a try then.

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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2017, 05:59:55 PM »
Yes  :biggrin:
Ive been using it for all my pictures recently.

If you have Fb try it out. I was surprised how simple it was no idea why I even bothered with photo bucket before  :lol:
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2017, 06:41:43 PM »
You can make images private.

Assuming you're using the app (since private is default on PC):

-select your photo
-under the place where you put the title, it says "public", click that
-select "only me"

Then upload! Private images and albums also do not require a title.
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2017, 07:09:16 AM »
Flickr has worked okay for me so far...
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2017, 07:15:21 AM »
I have all my stuff set to private that way all I'm doing is uploading and not worrying about the other garbage. I think PG had the comment and vote system too but I was hardly on there since I was going downhill long before then.

I was going to use my DA Sta.sh for image upload but bleh that is a hassle.

You can make images private.

Assuming you're using the app (since private is default on PC):

-select your photo
-under the place where you put the title, it says "public", click that
-select "only me"

Then upload! Private images and albums also do not require a title.
didn't know the desktop version was auto private with images, I just make the albums secret just in case XD The app version yeah I saw that public/only me thing lol
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2017, 08:22:23 AM »
Yeah, the problem is that you're submitting your images to the community on Imgur. They make it kind of seem like you have to now but you don't :)

Have you tried Flickr? I use Flickr for my photos, since its easier to organize, and Imgur for stuff like art, avatars, signatures, etc.
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2017, 11:53:21 AM »
Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I've already deleted my imgur account so I'll try the locked Facebook folder.

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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2017, 06:13:07 PM »
last time i've tried with facebook if you made your images private no one but you could see them did they fix that??
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2017, 07:34:39 PM »
i was using dropbox until recently (early this year?) they changed their policy public links and how urls are generated.   now the only way to get it to work is by hacking the generated URL.  (I posted a thread here somewhere on it). 

so now since it's so much hassle I just don't post pics here unless people ask or unless it's something monumental.
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(for what it's worth - I'm on another fandom forum site that seems to have storage for it's members at no cost.  they let you upload pics on forum posts just like this one. it's an "attachment" option. i don't know how they mitigate the cost of hosting, but ya it's so easy for the members.  i post way more there.)

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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2017, 07:37:02 PM »
So lets give this a try.  Can y'all see this?

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The one problem with this method is I can't save the address from the Facebook app.  I have to come over here and use the pc.

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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2017, 08:05:13 PM »
Works just fine, nice shot of Tempest there in store!

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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2017, 08:09:58 PM »
I can see the image!
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Re: Not entirely satisfied with photo hosting
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2017, 08:36:23 PM »
I didn't like the random people rating and commenting on things either so I set everything in my albums to private. Now people can only see my images if I link them and your Tempest plush is cute^^
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