Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 I think they going to find out it's not going to work since so many are leaving. They're going to have tons of empty server space and very little income. As I mentioned I only used it for forum links, not storage, mine are on discs or Thumb drives. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: I think they going to find out it's not going to work since so many are leaving. They're going to have tons of empty server space and very little income. My guess is that they're in the death-throws already to pull something so short-sighted. Given the reports of site crashes as people download- my guess is they're ripe for a bargain basement buyout OR shuttering their doors servers soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 I haven't seen any email or announcement on my PB account about any changes. It doesn't really bother me as I keep everything of mine on local disks and only load stuff to PB for this site. I've never liked the fine print on these hosting sites as they all claim the right to use whatever you post on their sites free of charge. I've even seen some that where the TOS say you assign any copyright or other ownership to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 It doesn't really bother me as I keep everything of mine on local disks and only load stuff to PB for this site. That's how I use Google Photos. I only use it for vacation or other photos that I want to post online, but the primary copy of all my photos is on local drives and backed up. I have to believe that most people do it that way with their important pictures....I hope no one trusts an online site with the only copy of their family photos. Sent from my handheld doohickie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, DaveInTN said: That's how I use Google Photos. I only use it for vacation or other photos that I want to post online, but the primary copy of all my photos is on local drives and backed up. I have to believe that most people do it that way with their important pictures....I hope no one trusts an online site with the only copy of their family photos. Sent from my handheld doohickie My photos are on a laptop, an external drive, and also the original memory cards. And whatever I posted on here are in imgur. Of course a boatload are out on Facebook also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Travisma said: My photos are on a laptop, an external drive, and also the original memory cards. And whatever I posted on here are in imgur. Of course a boatload are out on Facebook also. My photos are on my desktop, an external drive, and also backed up to Carbonite. I'll leave my 5,000+ photos out there on PhotoBucket. No need to download them. The only reason I used PhotoBucket was to post pictures here. I'll use Imgur from now on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 I've probably got all my photos on hard drives and backed up to DVDs, but I've not been very methodical about it. So I am downloading, in an orderly manner, my probably 10K + pictures and then deleting and closing the account if possible. Not going to give them the pleasure of keeping them. I'll also attempt to do some relinking here with another image service. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caveat lector 181 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 1 hour ago, DaveInTN said: That's how I use Google Photos. I only use it for vacation or other photos that I want to post online, but the primary copy of all my photos is on local drives and backed up. I have to believe that most people do it that way with their important pictures....I hope no one trusts an online site with the only copy of their family photos. Sent from my handheld doohickie Same here Dave. One of my local drive is a 256GB thumb drive that I keep in the safe. Most of my stuff is replaceable except the people and photos/video. I love Google photos, but I feel like there's a bill that has to eventually come due. I know it's supported by ad revenue, but it's too good to be free to me... Photo bucket thing is a bummer to me, but I can't imagine losing the trip reports that Fiends has posted. They all put in an incredible amount of work, that I still go back and peruse from time to time. Just sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivy 36 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 5 hours ago, caveat lector said: Photo bucket thing is a bummer to me, but I can't imagine losing the trip reports that Fiends has posted. They all put in an incredible amount of work, that I still go back and peruse from time to time. Just sad. I agree. I enjoy reading the trip reports again at a later time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Santa ... Shannon 160 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Instead of downloading individual images from PB, go to all of your trip reports (and other image-heavy threads) and save a web archive. That will allow you to always see the page as it exists now even after PB goes down. It will store full-rez versions of every image from the page in your local archive. This can serve as a guide as you go through to reconstruct your posts with links to Imagr. I did this "over there" before I nuked all my threads! BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Santa ... Shannon 160 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Imgur is pretty easy on a pc using the web, but their iPad app SuCkS! It wants to shove curated images in my face and make every upload into a FB post! I think I've figured out how to make it do what I want, forgive me while I try... I wanted to share this pic with Carol anyhow. Let's see if this works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Santa ... Shannon 160 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Nope, can't get it. Tapatalk wins on iPad! mouseketab.....Carol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caveat lector 181 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 3 hours ago, Santa ... Shannon said: ...... and save a web archive Great point sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Wow, this makes me sad. I have only used it to post here, but I like going back and reading old TRs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 I'm getting super frustrated. I've got several albums with over 500 pictures, and when I go to download, it takes a long time to even get the download button, then when I do get the download button, it takes an hour to download, then the zip file is invalid....... Grrrrrr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuc71 162 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 This is too bad. I was actually going to do a TR from our trip last week but now that just went down the tubes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 777 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 I also suggest taking Shannon's route for those of you who have many pictures here on FF. If you don't, I wish you the best of luck. I wish they didn't do this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 7/15/2017 at 8:36 AM, Santa ... Shannon said: Nope, can't get it. Tapatalk wins on iPad! That is super cute! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CJHokie 43 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Well, looks like I am late to the party here. Like others, I only use photobucket to post pics, not for actual storage, so I should have all my pics elsewhere too. It really had gotten so junky/glitchy with the ads in the last few years I hated using it. Maybe some day this winter I will try to fix my links. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Country Coach Guy 5 Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Let's see if this works. Just found my photobucket after years and cleaned everything out but this one picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Country Coach Guy 5 Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Country Coach Guy said: Let's see if this works. Just found my photobucket after years and cleaned everything out but this one picture. Ha! still works! Guess I'll need to find a new photo host if I'm going to post any more pictures. Oh, these are the old school "Free Refill" mugs that were supposed to be free for life. This was when Port Orleans was really Port Orleans and not French Quarter. BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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