Photo-F-ing-Bucket

May be that is why I have had such a problem getting on site.
Got a message saying my account had been lost, tried the recovery they offered that did not work.
Then an Email ( Thought they had lost my account) telling me to resubscribe.
will not bother if it is going to cost.

 

That's 99% of the numerous images I've uploaded here.

Bunch of ********

 

I would have thought - dont use anyone as at some point they will say "ah we can make more money out of this if we....................................."

Is it not possible to attach some software to the site for 'our' photos, or use something in the gallery that could allow external access, maybe a WW2 Photobucket ??

Just thinking out loud and seeing other social media type sites suddenly find ways of making cash whilst everyone does the work and they just sit back

Moan over

TD

 

I realise about the shoestring, just thinking if charges were made to those that are not members - but I guess thats becoming complicated

Thoughts from a bear of very little brain
TD

 

When is the annual patron up for paying? I know it went down well with most of the members that where prepared to cough up.
I'm more than willing to pay the same amount again. Its a small price to pay. If my memory is correct, it was £25 ,or £10 ?

 

im in the dark ages never use pb or others just backed up portable hardrives

 

Same here I've never used it.
Can't see anyone paying $40 per month for it.

Graham.

 

Can people still access Photobucket or are their files now lost? Is it just a question of not being able to link to 3rd Party applications such as this Forum? The former means that all is not lost but the latter is downright ridiculous.

Personally, my files don't appear to be affected as I've never used Photobucket but several threads are now bare which makes reference to historic threads and posts almost meaningless. No wonder Adam et al are upset.

 

It's always been a risk of using third-party sites. Weren't there historical issues of photos disappearing when dormant accounts got deleted?
I've tended to upload photos directly to WW2Talk, though I hope I've resized them in most cases.
Is the issue with hosting here storage space, bandwidth for downloads, or both?

 

As well as uploading, I find I can still download my images.

All of these would be somewhere here on a PC, laptop, old hard drive, stick, disc etc but sometimes I am unable to find the original so I download it from photobucket. When you look for your downloaded image bear in mind the date of the image is the date it was originally uploaded.

I find I have 3,673 images being hosted, so it would take a while, in fact it would gobble up my data allowance as I have no broadband, just a phone link.

If they get round blocking my library, I expect they will have already been trousered up by image searching bots, which I imagine now are going to be rather short of new images to re-host.

 

I know in the past forum members have used it but start now just get your photos/info by year folder 2017 then in that by type/name/date
and make sure you have a few backups saves losing years of info an work
not being clever but never rely on the internet for your own stuff

 

You're right, of course--but it's proper pain in the behind. I don't have any family snaps or anything vital stored there, but I do have something like twelve years of contributions to another board and several dozen images here on miscellaneous threads.

Their doomed money-grab is their own affair, but their customers (and you are a customer whose presence and eyes have facilitated advertising contracts regardless of whether you pay for the service) deserve better than practically zero notice of a change which utterly transforms your relationship with the site. My own situation is a major inconvenience; if you have exceeded your limit for data storage since the change, you have literally been extorted for continued access to them.

I say their attempt is doomed as the considerable amount they will make from this one off influx of cash from less that 1% of their exisiting membership should be dwarfed by the almost total evaporation of advertising revenue as the site is abandoned by the vast majority.

Unless the business is on the verge of bankruptcy, this is extremely short-sighted.

 

Is it all photographs from photobucket or just some the reason I ask is some threads /posts are untouched with the photobucket images still there ?
ie;-
Italy Break

Puzzled?

Kyle