Photobucket sucks, people!

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jtaylor996

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I know this will get moved, but quit using photobucket for your pics people.

On mobile it's the most god-awful piece of junk. You have to watch video ads to see one tiny pic that you can't zoom in on. Then after the video, there's still 90% ads on the screen and it takes forever to load. In the forum apps like tapatalk, the photobucket pics won't show inline and go launch your browser, so you have to switch back and forth to see multiple pics in an ad.

Why? Just, why, people?

Imgur is free, and has zero ads (I'm not affiliated in any way shape or form).

I don't care if you're selling a gold bar for $1, I'm not buying it if the pic is hosted on photobucket.

I hereby vote that the admins ban all photobucket links. There's no reason not to use the free stuff out there that actually works and has no damn ads.
 
No offense, but maybe the browser you use sucks??
I have none of those issues that you mentioned when looking at pics and such on my mobile.
 
I understand your frustration and to everyone else I wouldn't reply to this and bump the post if it weren't already near the top.

I think the OP uses Tapatalk for browsing as I also do about 75% of the time and honestly I do have some of the same problems he does. Whenever I'm looking through the Wanted / For Sale on my iPad for example, if I go to a post that has linked photos through Photobucket I simply skip that post as the pics do take a while to load and you do have to watch an ad (sometimes). Now if it's something I'm really interested I will favorite the post or something and then check it out on my desktop next time I log in.

But with that said, I'm not complaining, to each their own :) I understand many people don't want to resize their own pics and keep up with them on their computer, etc., so Photobucket may be the easiest option.
 
Do it old school. Take a pic then download it on your computer and attach it to your post. Works great!:eek:
 
blacklab9ball said:
Do it old school. Take a pic then download it on your computer and attach it to your post. Works great!:eek:
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Except that then you lose control of it. If you link to it on a sharing site like flikr or photobucket then if you decide to take the photo down it breaks the links and nobody can access it anymore.

If you attach it to your post then you can't take it down without editing or deleting your post - which some forums don't allow.
 
If you want control, don't share

sixpack said:
Except that then you lose control of it. If you link to it on a sharing site like flikr or photobucket then if you decide to take the photo down it breaks the links and nobody can access it anymore.

If you attach it to your post then you can't take it down without editing or deleting your post - which some forums don't allow.
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Wrong. This is so ungodly common, people acting like half-ass sleuths
with their pics/threads, when they don't even know how the Internet
works. You don't have control over anything at Photobucket, Flickr,
whatever. Once you put it on the Internet, it is available to all. Once
it appears on my screen (regardless of where it comes from), it is
archived. This is a universal rule that does not just apply to pictures.
Those sites make you think you have control but you really don't.
Very few things are ever actually deleted forever. They give
you a fancy interface with a "Remove" button to make you feel
good though! All that does is break an existing hyperlink, it does not
mean "nobody can access it anymore".
 
JoshStodola said:
Wrong. This is so ungodly common, people acting like half-ass sleuths
with their pics/threads, when they don't even know how the Internet
works. You don't have control over anything at Photobucket, Flickr,
whatever. Once you put it on the Internet, it is available to all. Once
it appears on my screen (regardless of where it comes from), it is
archived. This is a universal rule that does not just apply to pictures.
Those sites make you think you have control but you really don't.
Very few things are ever actually deleted forever. They give
you a fancy interface with a "Remove" button to make you feel
good though! All that does is break an existing hyperlink, it does not
mean "nobody can access it anymore".
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Obviously.

Of course everything that is put on the internet is cached by google and others.

Of course there are archives that people can look at to see things posted on the internet that folks think were deleted.

Of course criminal investigators and people who know how the internet works can find things that you might have thought you deleted long ago.

While what you say is true...it misses the point. The point is, if I post a picture of something on here that I don't want to be associated with my user account or person and I break the link then it won't come up on casual google searches anymore associated with my name. (after google re-caches) If the casual user tries to find the photo they won't be able to. If someone - like a hiring manager at a job I'm interviewing for - does a google search on me and figures out my user id on AZB at least the picture I posted of my last boss with a cucumber on his nose won't show up - if I deleted it from whatever photo sharing site I used. However if AZB doesn't allow you delete or edit posts then it would show up on such a cursory search.

But not your average everyday Joe. And that...is worth something.
 
sixpack said:
The point is, if I post a picture of something on here that I don't want to be associated with my user account or person and I break the link then it won't come up on casual google searches anymore associated with my name. (after google re-caches) If the casual user tries to find the photo they won't be able to. If someone - like a hiring manager at a job I'm interviewing for - does a google search on me and figures out my user id on AZB at least the picture I posted of my last boss with a cucumber on his nose won't show up - if I deleted it from whatever photo sharing site I used. However if AZB doesn't allow you delete or edit posts then it would show up on such a cursory search.
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Not sure why you need a third-party for this false sense of power.
These forums allow you to edit your posts and remove any of your
attachments just as easily as the other web sites. It's just one more
account to create, one more password to remember, one more set
of terms and conditions, etc. I agree 100% with the OP on this one.
 
sixpack said:
Obviously.

Of course everything that is put on the internet is cached by google and others.

Of course there are archives that people can look at to see things posted on the internet that folks think were deleted.

Of course criminal investigators and people who know how the internet works can find things that you might have thought you deleted long ago.

While what you say is true...it misses the point. The point is, if I post a picture of something on here that I don't want to be associated with my user account or person and I break the link then it won't come up on casual google searches anymore associated with my name. (after google re-caches) If the casual user tries to find the photo they won't be able to. If someone - like a hiring manager at a job I'm interviewing for - does a google search on me and figures out my user id on AZB at least the picture I posted of my last boss with a cucumber on his nose won't show up - if I deleted it from whatever photo sharing site I used. However if AZB doesn't allow you delete or edit posts then it would show up on such a cursory search.

But not your average everyday Joe. And that...is worth something.
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If you use imgur like I'm suggesting nothing will ever be associated with your username unless you put a watermark in the image.
 
I too agree photobucket is not the best choice, attaching an image is a lot better, don't no what everyone else is using , but on chrome or explorer it sucks.
 
Considering almost everyone on the planet uses Facebook, why not link to your images there?

Go to Facebook, create a page. Create Facebook.com/boblovespool*, post your pics on your page..... right click on those images and click copy image url. Paste your image url to your AZBilliards thread.. and its like magic, an image appears in your post. You can then also link to Facebook.com/boblovespool* so everyone who sees your thread can visit your page to see everything else you've posted.

It's absolutely free to create a Facebook page and although its connected to your personal page on your end of things, no one who visits your bob loves pool page will have access to your personal information unless you are friends with them.
 
Facebook is worse, you can't view pics unless you login. On mobile it's nearly impossible for their image links to work.

Use imgur, it takes all of 10s to upload and it works with everything.
 
JoshStodola said:
Not sure why you need a third-party for this false sense of power.
These forums allow you to edit your posts and remove any of your
attachments just as easily as the other web sites. It's just one more
account to create, one more password to remember, one more set
of terms and conditions, etc. I agree 100% with the OP on this one.
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I'll give you an example. I belonged to an industry specific website that charged a membership. It was private and understood to be private forever. So everyone posted industry tricks, photos they had taken, etc... They also about tough customers - and since it was a photography (for photographers) site - sometimes photos of the customers to illustrate a point or even be snarky.

The forum changed owners and the new owners made two decisions - First to not allow people to edit or delete posts after 3 days. And it was retroactive, meaning that you couldn't go back and edit/delete old posts.

Then they opened up the entire site to google search engines to try and get hits on questions/issues in this industry so they could attract new paid users. They unceremoniously removed/deleted accounts for any users who questioned their actions.

In that case, people who used a third party link like smugmug (in my case) were able to delete or rename their photos so that they wouldn't show up in links. People who uploaded the photos directly were screwed and ran the risk of their clients or potential clients googling their business name and finding unflattering photos of former clients, etc...

Or even just using their photography to promote a site that the copyright holder does not condone in any way shape or fashion.

IMO that company should be burned to the ground, (metaphorically) but nobody had the time or resources to go after them so they are still doing what they do.

Some people fought them and got them to delete all of their content, etc...but it's still a big hassle.
 
I don't like the pop-ups and video ads on Photobucket either, but I think you get what you pay for.
A paid PB membership probably eliminates some of the frustrating issues I have with them.
Overall Photobucket works OK, it is a pain sometimes, but again, you get what you pay for, and it has improved a little.
 
cuesblues said:
I don't like the pop-ups and video ads on Photobucket either, but I think you get what you pay for.
A paid PB membership probably eliminates some of the frustrating issues I have with them.
Overall Photobucket works OK, it is a pain sometimes, but again, you get what you pay for, and it has improved a little.
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Imgur is a MILLION times better I. Every conceivable way, has no ads, and is free. It also doesn't piss of mobile users browsing your ads.

You don't get what you pay for, you get everything you could possibly want and more, FOR NOTHING.

Go use imgur.com, then come back and make excuses for why photobucket's crappiness is worth anything at all.
 
jtaylor996 said:
Go use imgur.com, then come back and make excuses for why photobucket's crappiness is worth anything at all.
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Not making excuses, just trying to point out how Photobucket might be less frustrating so you don't have to ***** about it.
Just slip PB a little jelly, and maybe your problems will go away.
As far as imgur is concerned it is definitely worth a try, but this was about Photobucket, and I use Photobucket everyday.
Believe it or not, Photobucket has gotten better, but I've never taken a pic with my phone, so I don't deal with too many apps and mobile issues.
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sixpack said:
the new owners made two decisions - First to not allow people to edit or delete posts after 3 days. And it was retroactive, meaning that you couldn't go back and edit/delete old posts.
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An experience like this should make you realize that
Photobucket could easily do the same thing. :confused:
 
Hmmm...I've never had a problem with Photobucket and didn't know it was an issue. I always use the direct link and it always just appears right in the post on all my devices. Can't imagine when you would see a video since the images display right in the post...I have no idea what you guys are talking about but I guess I can check out Imgur if people have problems with PB.
 
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