photobucket users, no more hosting of pics... Options

[njccmd2002]

what are you guys using now.

looks like the death of many, many build threads..

and this site maybe...

[Box]

I'm still using PhotoBucket for the moment, seems I've been given an exception for some reason and I'm not going to question it. Unless it has to do with the fact my account is as old as PhotoBucket itself. Flickr or TinyPic have also been around for ages, seems most are going to Flickr.

[rentaspace]

I can't even tell if my account is working anymore on photobucket as the site doesn't load correctly (except for the adds), and then the browser lags lol.

[richee3]

I've had a strong dislike of Photobucket the last couple of years but I've simply carried on because so many of my pictures were already on there. This gives me a good excuse to finally make the switch as soon as my links are all broken. I have a feeling that this will be the end of Photobucket.

[Tigawoods]

wat

on my account it says I have only used 12% of the amount Im allowed

The most insane part of this is that they want $400 a year...


any ideas on the best way to rebuild threads after transferring the photos to another service?

(this of course could have been avoided if the photos were hosted on 6GC like alot of other forums do)




https://www.ghacks.net/2017/07/02/photobuck...or-third-party/

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jul 3, 2017 - 10:07 PM

[njccmd2002]

no way to fix this, either photobucket changes policy, or thats it bro...

RIP build threads...

[Box]

Well that or you give in to the ransom or painstakingly change out all the images after re-uploading them. You can click on their "no 3rd party" generic image and it'll take you to the actual image in the album so you know what it was, but it'd be a huge undertaking. I suspect PhotoBucket folds soon after everyone leaves and they have even less money than when they started this bs.

[richee3]

I probably won't be bothered to go back and fix my project thread but I will reupload and replace pictures in any how-to or informative threads I've made.

[njccmd2002]

Well that or you give in to the ransom or painstakingly change out all the images after re-uploading them. You can click on their "no 3rd party" generic image and it'll take you to the actual image in the album so you know what it was, but it'd be a huge undertaking. I suspect PhotoBucket folds soon after everyone leaves and they have even less money than when they started this bs.

no one reads my build thread, lol. wont do anything. no one is interested here in a 2gr celica, lol. my pics still work, be a mater of time before they crap out.

[95CelicaST]

Imgur.

Only downside is that it doesn't size down to 1024x768 for you (which is nice for posting on forums). The upside is 56k warning doesn't exist anymore.

[Tigawoods]

Looks like I have a nice long task ahead of me...

[jordisonjr]

Hopefully this doesn't kill all the stickies in this forum
There's too much valuable information to lose it all.

[Rusty]

Interesting, most of mine are working atm.

Any chance you have the images saved somewhere else?

[njccmd2002]

for some reasons, some users still have the function, and some don't.

I had 2 accounts, I just deleted 1 acct. will wait to see what develos, if they revert. if not, I will delete my main acct. and that will be the end of it..

[narly_charley]

I've had mine for years with no issues... It does appear to be dying, although I don't know the details behind its death.

[enderswift]

Wow, I just discovered this. All of my posts since 2007 have been obliterated. I don't think I have it in me to reconstruct my build thread...

First FB turns this place into a ghost town, now photobucket ruined the only remaining draw

[95CelicaST]

I just logged in to both of my photobucket accounts and downloaded all of my albums, then re-uploaded to my Imgur account in a hidden album.

Seriously, photobucket can get bent... More like PhotoPhucket.

[Box]

Ended up going to Flickr since they have a mobile app for uploading and embedding links is fairly easy, though a little more finicky than what PB was. Plus Flickr is owned by Yahoo now so I doubt they'll pull a stunt like PB any time soon.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Flikr or imgur. I'll probably be moving to Flikr pretty soon myself.

I've been using my facebook as a host though on other forums, but for whatever reason, this forum isn't FB friendly when it comes to using photos linked from there. :\

[Bitter]

Photobucket won't even exist in 2 years anyway.

[Rusty]

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=89725

Just been working on this thread making sure the photos are there, by hosting on 6gc

[bloodMoney]

I just downloaded all my pics from Photobucket and moved them to Flickr...

[cheela]

yeah I'm about to do the same. it's might have to wait until next month when I will have more free time.

[njccmd2002]

looks like they are sticking to the 400 usd ransom.

im downloading my pics, needless to say, not uploading them anymore.

My pictures still show, in my post. feel free to save them pics for future reference, ill close my account this weekend.

it was fun run.

[narly_charley]

looks like they are sticking to the 400 usd ransom.

im downloading my pics, needless to say, not uploading them anymore.

My pictures still show, in my post. feel free to save them pics for future reference, ill close my account this weekend.

it was fun run.

What? Where are you going?

[njccmd2002]

i will not be posting pics. lol. closing my photobucket acct

[cheela]

looks like they are sticking to the 400 usd ransom.

im downloading my pics, needless to say, not uploading them anymore.

My pictures still show, in my post. feel free to save them pics for future reference, ill close my account this weekend.

it was fun run.

waiiitttt! I need all the 2gr references!

[njccmd2002]

nah, 2gr in a celica is a dying breed. dies with me. or wit the 2 other members doing it..

btw, registered the celica, for its first track event. Barber motorsports, aug 3. I did 90 MPH today, wow. it got there quick. (on a empty parking lot). wonder what surprises the track will bring. There will be no photos, thanks to photuchuck it

[sandusky1977]

Well that or you give in to the ransom or painstakingly change out all the images after re-uploading them. You can click on their "no 3rd party" generic image and it'll take you to the actual image in the album so you know what it was, but it'd be a huge undertaking. I suspect PhotoBucket folds soon after everyone leaves and they have even less money than when they started this bs.

no one reads my build thread, lol. wont do anything. no one is interested here in a 2gr celica, lol. my pics still work, be a mater of time before they crap out.

I'm still going to want to access it. Once I'm done with my 1mz swap, and my 3mz swap, I'll probably have to do a 2gr swap.

[njccmd2002]

thanks for the interest, but unfortunately once I close the acct, pics wont be on thread... but I am here to help.

[BonzaiCelica]

i thought it was a typo but what the hell $400??? i mean i would pay $15 a month but that price is ridiculous. man this sucks....

I just downloaded all my pics from Photobucket and moved them to Flickr...

i guess i'll do the same....

[jordisonjr]

i thought it was a typo but what the hell $400??? i mean i would pay $15 a month but that price is ridiculous. man this sucks....

I just downloaded all my pics from Photobucket and moved them to Flickr...

i guess i'll do the same....

Only problem is, how do you rebuild threads. I mean, it would be okay if you could see what pictures where posted where/at what time. but without seeing what you've posted, its really a crapshoot of which photo goes where.

[bloodMoney]

I'm just going to leave the links broken, until someone comments on something they actually want to see out of my threads.

I donlt think that's very likely though, considering how dead we've been in the last few years.

[njccmd2002]

I'm just going to leave the links broken, until someone comments on something they actually want to see out of my threads.

I donlt think that's very likely though, considering how dead we've been in the last few years.

x2

[njccmd2002]

so I downloaded all my pics today, and the downloads are missing some pics. will not do every pic in the folder, oh well. happy to announce im closing the acct today. photobucket can go suck

[cheela]

I don't even think I have to download mine. I should have all of them backed up on my hard drive cuz I'm a digital hoarder like that.

[narly_charley]

I don't even think I have to download mine. I should have all of them backed up on my hard drive cuz I'm a digital hoarder like that.

Running two or more HDD's in RAID 1? I currently pay for 1 TB of Google Drive ($10/month). I need to set up a RAID 1 setup at my house to save some money in the long run.

[Bitter]

I got my stuff, closed my accounts, told them to **** off.

[njccmd2002]

I don't even think I have to download mine. I should have all of them backed up on my hard drive cuz I'm a digital hoarder like that.

wont let photobucket keep them.

[95CelicaST]

The idea is that they will still have the potential to generate ad revenue off of your photos. Delete your account and take that away from them.

[RoadRage]

Sad to see this happening,

I got hit by it today and will be looking to transfer my photos over to another site

[njccmd2002]

testing

[cheela]

[Bitter]

They just sent me an email that my account was whatever cause I was using 3rd party. Uh you restricted it a month ago and I deleted the account a week ago. They really got their **** together. I fear for anyone who paid the ransom!

[mkernz22]

The idea is that they will still have the potential to generate ad revenue off of your photos. Delete your account and take that away from them.

I understand that, but if things revert (which photobucket most likely will after all the backlash) and the photos do come back online for 3rd party hosting, you guys are just ruining this site more by deleting your photos and breaking more links. I know the forum is slowly dying out, but this just might kill it altogether..

It sucks that no one was able to backup the site before this all happened to save what we could and possibly have it in PDF form or something. Still a lot of info in text, but pictures help a lot.

[njccmd2002]

it does not matter anymore. it wont revert. they will charge less money, which I wont pay.

I wont trust them anymore. plus that's whats facebook is all about now. for spoonfed information..

[95CelicaST]

Hey what is a good lowering spring for my celica?


I may go through my build thread and update photos, but that will take a long time to do.

[njccmd2002]

Hey what is a good lowering spring for my celica?

When in doubt, ask the facebook crowd...

[bloodMoney]

Yup. Because they have the years of experience that was gathered here on the boards....

I rarely visit the FB groups because of **** like that.

[narly_charley]

What's this facebook thing you guys keep bringing up? Haha!

[Bitter]

Where HID kitz and drop zone coilovers are srs mods bruh

[njccmd2002]

Yup. Because they have the years of experience that was gathered here on the boards....

I rarely visit the FB groups because of **** like that.

lol.

where a nut thread reaches 128 comments

[RoadRage]

What's this facebook thing you guys keep bringing up? Haha!

"The Official 6GC Group" on Facebook amongst other celica groups

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Jul 20, 2017 - 4:51 AM

[Tigawoods]

lol.

where a nut thread reaches 128 comments

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jul 21, 2017 - 5:58 AM

[bloodMoney]

Bahahaha!

Mike you are all over the group... Even when you're not in the discussion, people are always like, "I can't wait for Mike to chime in..."

Mr. F**king popularity over there...

[richee3]

lol.

where a nut thread reaches 128 comments

Ironically, this is the most active thread on the forum.

I'm with Chris, I avoid the Facebook groups because of all the "experts."

[cheela]

only perk of FB is that it's easier to post GIFs.
not sure if that's a good perk or not but it's there. LOL

[TimeslideZ]

looks like they are sticking to the 400 usd ransom.

im downloading my pics, needless to say, not uploading them anymore.

My pictures still show, in my post. feel free to save them pics for future reference, ill close my account this weekend.

it was fun run.

Nooo you mustn't just yet! I need them references for the future to come! Been reading on your post for a while and letting you know it's awesome man. Maybe upload the pictures to the Google Drive and share?

[Tigawoods]

I love the FB group, its just another outlet for me to be rude to people who ask stupid and redundant questions.... and I can post sarcastic gifs in an instant

[cheela]

so how much was your diffuser and where can i get one??
link?

[NgoFcukinWay]

I love the FB group, its just another outlet for me to be rude to people who ask stupid and redundant questions.... and I can post sarcastic gifs in an instant

how much oil do i need for my 1.8 ST?

[cheela]

I love the FB group, its just another outlet for me to be rude to people who ask stupid and redundant questions.... and I can post sarcastic gifs in an instant

how much oil do i need for my 1.8 ST?

trick question, you don't need ANY! it'll keep running regardless.

[richee3]

I love the FB group, its just another outlet for me to be rude to people who ask stupid and redundant questions.... and I can post sarcastic gifs in an instant

Like the one asking about putting JDM tails on a USDM Celica about half an hour ago?

[njccmd2002]

Lol. Fb. Wins. Too bad box is not there. Anywho, im going on vacation to pr. When i come bak ill see if i fix the 2gr thread

[Tigawoods]

so how much was your diffuser and where can i get one??
link?

custom made all the things

how much oil do i need for my 1.8 ST?

1.8 quarts, obviously

Like the one asking about putting JDM tails on a USDM Celica about half an hour ago?

yea....i was just tagged in that lol

[njccmd2002]

Yup. Lol. Tag youre it!


The st 1.8 takes cooking oil. Pam preferably.

[1994Celica]

I usually just tag this forum and tell people search it through here. People who ask oil capacity..... like seriously owners ksnisl man or freaking google?

[njccmd2002]

From now on just tag mike thoma

[BonzaiCelica]

no other site like ours ahhh. even after i was contributing every once in a while to coomer account through paypal. then this happened....

[njccmd2002]

Sadly we all knew this day would come

[jordisonjr]

so how much was your diffuser and where can i get one??
link?

custom made all the things

how much oil do i need for my 1.8 ST?

1.8 quarts, obviously

Like the one asking about putting JDM tails on a USDM Celica about half an hour ago?

yea....i was just tagged in that lol

Oh, you mean this one? http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=97875&hl=

lol. Apparently the facebook responses weren't clear enough.

[bloodMoney]

From now on just tag mike thoma

I'm going to make that my goal from here on out... Be the first one to tag Mike in the comments.

[Tigawoods]

I'm going to make that my goal from here on out... Be the first one to tag Mike in the comments.

Bring it on


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jul 24, 2017 - 2:48 PM

[Langing]

I first posted this comment on Nial's buiild thread, to me a most impressive work and one that might stand as a poster-child for what genuine harm photobucket's change in policy has done to its users. It was when I checked back in with his thread that I discovered this disaster. So, I am late to the party.

What has happened is unbelievably sad when you consider that every participant has labored under the impression that our work was being constructed to last 'forever'. No one imagined that we were building our structure on a sand foundation. . .

Additional information on what is going on at photobucket is available at a website called --- downdetector.com.

A typical comment posted on downdetector.com:

Mary Anne Reid • 22 days ago

For those of you who have no clue what is going on with PB, they have disabled all 3rd party links unless you are willing to pay $400 a year. What that means: If you run a blog, forum, ebay, etc. page/website and you embed your pics via the 3rd party link option, they are no longer viewable. This has caused extreme outrage and everyone scrambling to attempt to download their albums to salvage their pictures to move to another photosharing website. Visit their Facebook page for more info.

That is one of a great number of comments from outraged customers of Photobucket. Later comments indicate that it may be too late to get images downloaded off their faltering site.

AS i SAID TO NIAL

Now, as to your (NIAL'S) images during the years you have been working on your project, no one would expect you to laboriously rebuild your 'build thread', so it looks as if we are all SOOL, unless someone was to do something to reverse Photobucket's actions, such as file a class action suit to get Photobucket to turn 3rd party links back on. It seems to me that what they have done either is illegal (extortion), or should be made illegal, because the hurt to all of us is quite difficult to absorb or understand. How can anyone continue using the Internet constructively if the very basis that underlies their efforts disappears? Sorry that it happened to your build in particular, Nial, because I have followed your work since almost day one, and found it truly inspirational.

Or maybe this (6GC) website owner could negotiate with Photobucket and come back to all of us to let us decide whether to pay whatever they may demand. At least this might give us an option for which the perceived pain was just dollars and not months of hard work most will just not expend the labor doing, and if they do not, this site may itself (along with Photobucket) fall into the bit bucket in the sky. In the future, maybe we could all sign up to pay some reasonable monthly fee so the website could handle the images and this could never happen again. No other photosharing website, including FB, comes with a guarantee that they would not ever do something like what Photobucket did. There is, on this website, amongst the chatter, some valuable information!!

[95CelicaST]

Yeah.... Coomer isn't going to go negotiate anything with Photophucket. Nor do us old timers expect Coomer to add image hosting functionality to this forum and cope with that traffic cost (let's face it - you're not donating to this site's operational costs as-is). He's hardly ever on here since about 2007, and that is OK. We're just happy to have the site operational.


Does it suck that they disabled 3rd party hosting? Yes.

Are they the only game in town? Nope.


It'll suck to have to go through my build thread and re-link EVERYTHING, because I have to now look at the photo name that is in the URL code, find that photo in my Imgur album and change the link, but that'll only take a handful of hours. Not the end of the world, and not worth complaining to Photophucket about. I would never give them an indication that their move has caused me grief. I imagine they're over in Denver like



This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Jul 25, 2017 - 9:41 AM

[Langing]

The $400/year at Photobucket gives an account capable of 500 gigabytes of photo storage, with 3rd party linkage, fast bandwidth and no advertisements. Photobucket seems to have been intentionally signalling their move for some time by slowing down operations of all free accounts and sticking so many ads in your face that you could hardly navigate. Individuals would choose giving up rather then face that Photobucket system.

Judging from all the bad comments I found on downdetector.com, people are thoroughly frustrated and want off the Photobucket system as fast as possible. And, remember, Photobucket's 'come on' at first was free image hosting, but they provided easy ways to imbed photos into THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, such as ours. Ethically speaking, due to their 'bait and switch' attitude, they ought to grandfather all people who used their system to THIRD PARTY link to on-line fora, and there must be a great many that have used Photobucket that way up until now. Likely, what they are doing now is what they planned from the get-go, cause they wanted to make money.

If Photobucket would provide help to consolidate all individual accounts making up any single on-line forum into one $400/year account, and all members of that forum contributed whatever small amount would be required if the cost was distributed over the entire membership it would take to make up that cost, keeping our images on Photobucket would be far better than the service we currently get (or don't get). After all, no matter where we get on-line photo storage, it costs someone to provide that storage, and eventually we would have to begin paying something.

Consider also the notion of providing that image storage on our own website, run by Coomer. Supposing he would consider doing that, would members be willing to be 'taxed' a small monthly fee to help Coomer deal with that cost, or the costs he has already borne? When is it ethically right for people to feel they should 'pay' for services they receive on the internet that they are used to getting for free?

It seems to me that the information gathered on our website has intrinsic value that needs to be added to the commonwealth of value to be used by all who need it. Maybe that's not politically correct thinking, but that's how it appears to me.

I said all that because I cannot sleep thinking of the harm being done to the 6GC website by the decision made by Photobucket, along with the way they went about enforcing their need to 'monitize' their website, and my mind keeps searching for a solution that would resurrect our valuable collection of information on the 1994-1999 Toyota Celicas and doing the least harm in the process. Members are already trying to off-load their photos and going to alternate hosting sites, some will even expend the time to seek out and relink their photos.

If we could find a 'principal' at Photobucket with whom we could negotiate a solution to our problem, one single Photobucket account that all 6GC members could access to store their photos, that Photobucket solution would apply to all other forums in similar situations, so it would be in their interest to facilitate it's happening. They want to make money, we want to keep our information in tact. Are our members willing to pay a small monthly fee? How do you 'old timers' feel about having to pay a small monthly fee? What if it were only $5/month?

[njccmd2002]

Lol. You are overthinking it. The site is over. Few members going around. All those great posts were done by members. NO longer active. Do we call them out of retirement to come fix it?

Moat have moved on to other cars or growing families. In my case, i learned a lot. So much i hardly reference this site anymore.

This site greatness was coming to a stop. Photobucket accelerated process.

So if your local church passes free food to the homeless for a week. Next week they run out of money. Do the homleas have a right to sue?

Free is not forever. They are in the business of making money

[Langing]

Lol. You are overthinking it. The site is over. Few members going around. All those great posts were done by members. NO longer active. Do we call them out of retirement to come fix it?

Moat have moved on to other cars or growing families. In my case, i learned a lot. So much i hardly reference this site anymore.

This site greatness was coming to a stop. Photobucket accelerated process.

So if your local church passes free food to the homeless for a week. Next week they run out of money. Do the homleas have a right to sue?

Free is not forever. They are in the business of making money

njccmd2002, I have nothing but respect for you as you have helped me many times in the past. Maybe you are right in all that you say. Maybe I just have to accept it, as in 'what will be, will be'.

Still, I have a 1994 Celica with it's engine in pieces in my garage, waiting to be put back together. I have never done such a thing before in my lifetime. I would like to be able to appeal to the body of information collected over the years by past and current members who laboriously documented their work and knowledge. I thought they did it so others might make use of it. Why else would they have done that work? 'Overthinking' it may well be, but in my mind we ought to do something to preserve what has been accumulated, so that others who pick up a Celica and want to restore or enhance it might also use the information, way on into the future. I doubt I am the only member who feels this way. You seem to be in a different, more accepting and resigned place, since you have been through the process so many times already, and perhaps you have already gotten all that you needed from this website. I am glad that you are still hanging around.

[VavAlephVav]

I didn't even realize this until a couple of days ago either.
Although I see that my Google drive has a section for "Pictures" and it says Coming Soon. I already use google drive to upload and share large files from books to videos so hopefully they will take the third party hosting feature too.

Of course the alternative of hosting the pics directly on this site is all about server space. And that costs money too.

[Box]

Third party embedding service for Google Photos: https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/

I just started using Flickr, has a mobile app and easy to use.

[Box]

Lol. Fb. Wins. Too bad box is not there. Anywho, im going on vacation to pr. When i come bak ill see if i fix the 2gr thread

I don't facebook, you just want me there because I'm nice enough to spoon feed people answers.

[cheela]

u should though. we could tag you in all sorts of posts. you're already pretty well known on there. hahaha

[Box]

That means using facebook in general though which is the problem. I'm well known and I don't even venture there, not sure if that's good or bad.

[Langing]

The 'Wayback Machine' seems to have captured our INFORMATION pages, including photos, so they are always going to be available

https://web.archive.org/web/20170606123255/...net/information

Build threads have NOT been captured, or so it seems to me, however the Wayback Machine seems to allow 'future' archiving of any page(s) you tell it to archive, so once you have spent time illustrating your ideas with photos, and would like to prevent another PhotoBucket disaster, you might call up the Wayback Machine and tell it to archive your pages going into the future. For example, if (on the Wayback Machine) you select FORUMS/FORCED INDUCTION/7A-FZE Supercharged Engine you will see the Wayback Machine did not archive that page, instead you get the following:

Hrm.

Wayback Machine doesn't have that page archived.
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