Do not use free image hosting services

I should’ve done it earlier, but since everything was working fine I decided to wait and concentrate on updates. But bloody Photobucket changed the way they addressed thumbnails, and as a result all linked pics disappeared from posts.

I’m removing everything related to these morons (who block classic art should a naked breast appear there), but it’s gonna take days.

That’s another lesson about the same rule – do not use free image hosting services. Sooner or later they will betray you.

Oh, please stop those morons at Photobucket!!!

The beginning of the story is here , here and here.

.. they are blocking pantyhose pack images, lingerie ads, fashion photography, art, photo art , product images … Particularly they “don’t like” women. (I wonder why the word “feminist” comes to my mind?).

I bet those idiots and cretins would block da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens, Rodin etc as well… Because those images “violate terms and conditions”:

… you may not:

Post, upload, email, or otherwise transmit, via the Site or Services, any Content that is unlawful, obscene, harmful, threatening, harassing, defamatory, or hateful, or that contains objects or symbols of hate, invades the privacy of any third party, contains nudity or pornography (including without limitation any child pornography or child erotica), is deceptive, threatening, abusive, inciting to unlawful action, defamatory, libelous, vulgar or violent, or constitutes hate speech, or is otherwise objectionable in the opinion of Photobucket;

That means anything can be removed, blocked, banned, binned, whatever, for no reason. Just like my Yahoo account.

Anyway, I’m looking for an alternative.

Blocked images

Photobucket is blocking images (see here and here). I either reupload them or host on the site itself. The former is not reliable, the latter is expensive (hey, the traffic has reached ~20GB per month!!!). Let me know (here, in the forum or by mail) what links are broken.

Update: This is UNBELIEVABLE! They blocked absolutely innocent drawings and photos! OMG, more work tonight….

Update 06.01.08 @01:48: I hate them …. They blocked masks, gags, plugs, latex clothes, Bondage Life drawings, G-tie drawings, something else I don’t know what it was yet. Not a panic situation, but definitely something to thoroughly think about and quickly. Had enough for today.

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Photobucket bans plugs

pb-whoaPhotobucket service found photos of some plugs violating its policy. I’m going through the site and replacing the broken images. Ridiculous… You can buy this stuff at “Media-Markt” nowadays! Did you know? Vibrators of various forms, colours and power! In the same section as tooth brushes! But publishing photos of them is prohibited…

It reminds me that famous double moral. In some places you can be pornofilmed since you’re 16, but can’t watch the films until you’re 21.

I wonder what’s gonna happen with the rest of the images…