what happened to photobucket?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

I managed to use it for about 13 years. Now I get a prompt to update and read that updates cost $400 - in extortion!!

Is there a new place to upload photos for DU?

[TexasTowelie]

1. I'm using postimage.com.

I believe that Imgur is also being used by some here.

I may have been willing to pay a small amount to Photobucket, but they are too expensive for my budget.

[Fla Dem]

5. DO you mean postimg.org?

https://postimg.org

[TexasTowelie]

17. Yes, you are correct.

I had to correct my list so I will remember in the future.

[Adrahil]

2. Photobucket decided to commit suicide.

Whoever made that decision is freakin' moron.

[Orrex]

3. Photobucket said "fuck everybody"

And decided that people would be happy to pay $400 for their previously free service that's still readily available for free from other providers.

[Fla Dem]

4. Photobucket went to "pay for play". I went to postimg.org

It's so easy to use. I absolutely love it.

https://postimg.org

[panader0]

6. My question is: will I be able to retrieve my photos?

I've got a lot of my favorites over there.

[Fla Dem]

7. I had a lot of photos there too.

I weeded out a lot and deleted them, but the ones I wanted I moved to a folder on my laptop Then I uploaded them to postimg.org. I hope you can still get into your gallery.

Even before they announced their new terms, the site was becoming increasingly difficult to use. Jumping to ads, freezing up, etc. SO glad they force me to find something else.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. not sure what to do about the old photos

I tried posting a pic here last night and got a rude upgrade notice. Then gave up.

Will try to gather gallery before moving.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. Thank you all for the info. I wonder who owns it now....

I suspect foul play.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. testing

Don't know why all all the extra link language is there for postimg.org. But deleting extra worked. Uploaded easily once I linked to gmail address.

Thanks.

Btw, I was trying to post this image last night re: new Oval Office decor with portrait of Andrew Jackson, Indian killer, slave owner and two term POTUS prominently displayed.

[Fla Dem]

13. Glad to see you navigated the new site.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. It's odd, but Photobucket hasn't hit me up for more money...yet.

I've been paying them about $20 a year forever, and I am still able to upload my photos there and then share them here. I just did that a couple of days ago.

We'll see if they take any action against me.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. It had always been free. I haven't used it as much lately.

But did notice the pop-up ads becoming more intrusive. I just went to desktop version to see if i could easily delete and it's a mine field of ads.

I'm just going to let it go.

[Generic Brad]

14. Jokes on them

I only have 6 photos tied to their service. They can keep them. None of them are worth $66.66 to me.

[Kali]

15. hopefully it was suicide

mofos deserve to go broke now

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018965067

[orleans]

16. i have a question

why do we have to use a third party website to upload pictures on du?

why can't it be done like facebook where you can post pictures directly from your computer file?

(i've always wondered about this)

i'd appreciate it if someone could explain this to me--i'm not exactly a computer wizard.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

18. I don't have the tech info to answer precisely,

But Facebook is a wholenother animal from a message board.

[steve2470]

19. my guess is that Skinner doesn't have enough server space and bandwidth to do it....

He could probably do it but it would cost him a lot more. He would then have to pester us more for donations. I'm guessing he doesn't want to do that.