A few hours? More like a few days or a few weeks. On the forum where I'm a moderator, I just heard from a member who just woke up to this issue. He wrote me that he has 433 images just on that one forum. If the administrator does decide to open it up for editing old posts, can you imagine how much work is involved in tracking down 433 images, and changing all the links?GWS said:I would think that a temporary lift of that "no edit" feature might make the forum archives look lots better.
What about us posting pictures in a new post at the bottom (in order) then lifting the no edit for a few hours allowing people to swap blackmail notices for pictures? Just an idea.
There's a beautiful irony in this: photobucket maintains a placeholder image which essentially solicits new business--they are the ones benefitting from 3rd party hosting without an agreement at this point. LOL
Interesting--my account was supposed to be deleted as of today--but I just logged on and they are still showing all my pictures. Some kind of "snatch and grab" maybe?
Interesting--my account was supposed to be deleted as of today--but I just logged on and they are still showing all my pictures. Some kind of "snatch and grab" maybe?
If I remember what I think I saw in the terms of service, Photobucket does retain a right to use YOUR photos for any purpose THEY want as long as you leave the photos on their server. Consequently, if you choose to protest their hostage taking by terminating your account, first be sure you have all your photos somewhere else, then delete them all from Photobucket, and THEN delete your account.stagpanther said:My guess is way down in the fine print they retain some commercial use of my images--even if I terminate my relationship with them. This is the day and age where law only matters if you get caught and are prosecuted--otherwise anything goes.
Very large zip files tend to get corrupted when downloading from servers that throttle bandwidth. Based on previous experience with PB, I'd be surprised if they don't limit download speeds. ...Or, they could just have a massive percentage of their user base overloading the servers by trying to do the same.There is a way to down load your whole bucket at once. But off the top of my head I cant remember. I will need to spend some quality time figuring it out. but I know it is possible.
Update: there is a link to down load your entire album on the left hand side of the screen. trying it now.
Update#2 after down loading my Album twice. Both times they sent me corrupted zip files.
So back to plan A, I guess.
Flickr.comSkans said:What are the alternatives to Photobucket? Are any of them free?