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Commander wrote:Does anyone else use Imgur.com? Does what its supposed to so I'm happy with it.
RogerS wrote:
Flickr costs 13 cents a day.
Tusses wrote:RogerS wrote:
Flickr costs 13 cents a day.
Flickr isn't for everyone though. I've had it for about 10 yrs , pro in the early days, but it wouldn't be my go to choice jut now.
And what's to say, they don't change their terms .. again !
RogerS wrote:Tusses wrote:RogerS wrote:
Flickr costs 13 cents a day.
Flickr isn't for everyone though. I've had it for about 10 yrs , pro in the early days, but it wouldn't be my go to choice jut now.
And what's to say, they don't change their terms .. again !
The point is to stump up the few cents for a paid for site. And yes, they might change their T's and C's but you're in a much better position if you have a paid for sub.
Tusses wrote:with the PB thing, I'd be taking a step back, before paying for anything .. use free to post .. and know that it may not be permanent .. for now ..The likes of Flickr would be a PITA to move from , if they stopped playing too.
Remember PB has been to go to for many years, for forum sharing. So the other photo sites mot not want the huge uptake of new photo sharers
TrimTheKing wrote:Tusses wrote:with the PB thing, I'd be taking a step back, before paying for anything .. use free to post .. and know that it may not be permanent .. for now ..The likes of Flickr would be a PITA to move from , if they stopped playing too.
Remember PB has been to go to for many years, for forum sharing. So the other photo sites mot not want the huge uptake of new photo sharers
The issue is though, I'm thinking from a forum perspective. It's okay everyone using free hosting because it works for 'them' but what about the forum? We risk being in a situation where all the free hosts do the same thing then the forum is left with a load of useless threads where the pics don't work, and people not wanting to spend the time to update them.
Two different sides/angles to this issue that need to be considered.
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing wrote:Tusses wrote:with the PB thing, I'd be taking a step back, before paying for anything .. use free to post .. and know that it may not be permanent .. for now ..The likes of Flickr would be a PITA to move from , if they stopped playing too.
Remember PB has been to go to for many years, for forum sharing. So the other photo sites mot not want the huge uptake of new photo sharers
The issue is though, I'm thinking from a forum perspective. It's okay everyone using free hosting because it works for 'them' but what about the forum? We risk being in a situation where all the free hosts do the same thing then the forum is left with a load of useless threads where the pics don't work, and people not wanting to spend the time to update them.
Two different sides/angles to this issue that need to be considered.
Cheers
Mark
Tusses wrote:I was just suggesting that the paid for options , like flickr, or whoevery, might go the same way as the free ones .. why wouldn't they ? just because you pay, they can just say, pay more or opt out. AFAIK Flickr is paid for, as you can keep full res images on there, not because you can 3rdy party their space ?
TrimTheKing wrote:Tusses wrote:I was just suggesting that the paid for options , like flickr, or whoevery, might go the same way as the free ones .. why wouldn't they ? just because you pay, they can just say, pay more or opt out. AFAIK Flickr is paid for, as you can keep full res images on there, not because you can 3rdy party their space ?
Yep fully agree. I think the best way, should I be able to make it work, is to have them hosted on the forum that way the content stays, but as you've mentioned before, that can hold its own challenges for some.
I don't think there's a perfect answer, but providing people are happy to host in the forum then selfishly, for forum health, I think that's the way to go.
Cheers
Mark
RogerS wrote:With a paid hosting site then you have much more indirect leverage then on a free site. On a free site, they change the rules, you leave. They couldn't care less.
But with a paid account, they change the rules and if you (and many others leave) then that is a large or can be a large dip in their revenues and so give pause for thought.
Tusses wrote:RogerS wrote:With a paid hosting site then you have much more indirect leverage then on a free site. On a free site, they change the rules, you leave. They couldn't care less.
But with a paid account, they change the rules and if you (and many others leave) then that is a large or can be a large dip in their revenues and so give pause for thought.
to an extent yes.
but most of the long lived photo sites aren't/weren't used much for 3rd party hosting, apart from the odd image share to friends etc. .. so it's no big deal to the long term users/payers if they can't 3rd party any more.
When I paid for Flickr Pro, I didn't image link at all .. so would have kept on paying .
fine if you are already a user, but I wouldn't sign up (paid for) with anyone for a while , until the dust settles.
Tusses wrote:true . and it's changing faster and faster .. especially now it's all moving to mobile phones*
Most forums these days are moving to FB groups .. which personally I don't like as much
Join a FB group .. fair enough, but it's nothing like a "propa" forum !
But then again , I liked the news groups too , before they all disappeared
* which reminds me about your rant on the ever shrinking width of desktop web pages .. they should make a screen mode so we can just mount our monitors portrait instead of landscape .. sorted :-)
Tusses wrote:Most forums these days are moving to FB groups .. which personally I don't like as much
Join a FB group .. fair enough, but it's nothing like a "propa" forum !
selector tone wrote:.... I dislike the fact that even if you aren't a member they will still track you if you click on a Facebook link. Bit too bloody Big Brother if you ask me.
Tusses wrote:just had my enail :-) ... I'm officially photo^ooked
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