Beulah Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I keep seeing this pop up, and when I go to settings there is nothing there to let me change what they want me to do. Any answers please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Try clearing your computer's cache and then restart it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Beulah said: I keep seeing this pop up, and when I go to settings there is nothing there to let me change what they want me to do. Any answers please I noticed this also now appears in Kelly's posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I checked on this, because I had a photobucket account which I haven't used for a couple of years. I found a long list of people complaining about this issue. It seems Photobucket now wants a bunch of money. I can't remember which link I used to insert pictures on forums, so I'm trying both here to see what comes up. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ruhappynow/media/res_zpsrjrbsscz.jpg.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Seems the IMG link works for me ok. I think I'll clear out my photobucket pix, though, they've been there for years & I don't need them anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yes, photobucket have changed their terms of agreement.. you can no longer hotlink your photos to third party sites without buying a subscription.. there is a lot of buzz on the interweb about this issue.. because they did it without warning breaking links all over the net. Ebay users were particularly miffed because it broke links mid auction meaning no pictures. It's not a cheap sub either. I'd suggest moving pics to flickr or another free photo site if you don't want to pay. You can still upload to photobucket for free, you just can't share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 My son explained it. Third party posting uses up too much of their server space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I checked it out - they want $399 to let you use third party hosting. I don't know what to do to get the thing off my posts here. It's been there every day and when I close Pale Moon at the end of the day before I turn my computer off, that automatically clears cookies. So clearing cookies doesn't take it off. I guess I can see their point, though. Plus, a lot of people use the pictures that are on Photobucket, but instead of saving and uploading them to their own computers, they link back and that is probably an issue as well. For a lot of forums, though, using Photobucket to host third party posts was the only way to post pictures. I think I'm going to invest in a large thumb drive and save all my pictures on Photobucket to that. I won't take them down off Photobucket just yet, but I can see the day coming when they will start charging just to keep an account there. I don't want to be stuck and have my 5000+ photos go missing in that case. EDIT: Never mind - I figured it out. You just have to go to your setting and then to your signature and erase the their message. And now I notice Photobucket is also not letting people have access if they don't have their Adblocker turned off. I'm starting to be not happy with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Ha - I see that the picture I posted before has turned into the nasty update your account logo. I don't need you Photobucket, so there Nahner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 17 hours ago, rodentraiser said: I checked it out - they want $399 to let you use third party hosting. I don't know what to do to get the thing off my posts here. It's been there every day and when I close Pale Moon at the end of the day before I turn my computer off, that automatically clears cookies. So clearing cookies doesn't take it off. I guess I can see their point, though. Plus, a lot of people use the pictures that are on Photobucket, but instead of saving and uploading them to their own computers, they link back and that is probably an issue as well. For a lot of forums, though, using Photobucket to host third party posts was the only way to post pictures. I think I'm going to invest in a large thumb drive and save all my pictures on Photobucket to that. I won't take them down off Photobucket just yet, but I can see the day coming when they will start charging just to keep an account there. I don't want to be stuck and have my 5000+ photos go missing in that case. EDIT: Never mind - I figured it out. You just have to go to your setting and then to your signature and erase the their message. And now I notice Photobucket is also not letting people have access if they don't have their Adblocker turned off. I'm starting to be not happy with them. The way my son explained it is that a hacker could hack into your 5000 photos and post them to thousands of sites causing photobucket's system to crash. So it's really not their fault, it's a side effect of the Internet still being in its infancy trying to cope with the bad guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Grazhe, when I opened your Photobucket link all I got was a spinning icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 oh for God's sake I don't even know what a photo bucket is LOL. Looks like I won't see a lot of things, but that is ok. I know your all still here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, havanaholly said: Grazhe, when I opened your Photobucket link all I got was a spinning icon. I just removed all my photobucket pix and deleted my account. I don't need their service anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Sable said: They way my son explained it is that a hacker could hack into your 5000 photos and post them to thousands of sites causing photobucket's system to crash. So it's really not their fault, it's a side effect of the Internet still being in its infancy trying to cope with the bad guys. I don't know if it would be a hacker. It could be something as simple as a photo going viral. 3 hours ago, Beulah said: oh for God's sake I don't even know what a photo bucket is LOL. Looks like I won't see a lot of things, but that is ok. I know your all still here Photobucket.com is a website where you can post photos. I have a collection of smilies and other photos that I've picked up as I surfed the net. I'm anal, so I have all mine sorted by category. You can see them here: http://s102.photobucket.com/user/rodentraiser/library/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyGunn Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Yay. :/ Glad we have an external hard drive for storing photos, but I still have a lot on Photobucket that I apparently need to move off. They also changed their app and I haven't been able to back my cell phone pictures up to their site since sometime last year. I thought it was an issue on my end but now I'm wondering. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 When you say, you opened my photo bucket and all you got was spinning, Where did you find my photo bucket, so I can look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Joanne, I was responding to Grazhina, and it was her Photobucket link I opened and all I got was a spinning line, no photos to look at, because she had closed her account.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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