Can anyone give advice on an alternative to Photobucket ? One that is user friendly as I am no computer wiz by any means.
I have used bucket for years but it is getting worse and worse,slower and slower and is probably thoroughly and endlessly hacked as I get weird phone calls and pop up adds immediately after logging in every time.
So any ideas guys ? This sucks,
J
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jrutman
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 01:40 AM UTC
TDZepp
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 01:59 AM UTC
Imageshack is one, I agree about photobucket being slow.. Also the mobile app bugs out very often...
What are weird calls? I doubt those are related.
What, tried to edit my post and got this
"You are illegally trying to access this function. Your IP has been logged."
Wut...
What are weird calls? I doubt those are related.
What, tried to edit my post and got this
"You are illegally trying to access this function. Your IP has been logged."
Wut...
Dioramartin
Joined: May 04, 2016
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 03:04 AM UTC
Hi Jerry,
I can recommend Village Photos not only because it’s easy (as I suspect like me you’re of the generation that expects logical step-by-step instructions that have had ambiguities edited out by a sane normal human being), but when I still managed to find an ambiguity while setting up, the on-line help person came back fast, clear and welcoming. Rare indeed, that was only back in May. Also I know I haven’t received any 3rd party communications as a result of it (because I used a dedicated new Outlook email address as sole contact. Granted Spams & Junks might have been intercepted but who cares, I don't see any) - & btw I have no vested interest in that site.
Not sure what’s going on generally – several people reporting odd functional problems like TDZepp above over the past week (either specific to this site or generally) and at least two posts have lost their photos in the past 24 hours. Coincidence?…or are those Not-The-Russians-Or-Chinese hackers extending their reach? Conspiracy Theorists, come on down.
Cheers, Tim
I can recommend Village Photos not only because it’s easy (as I suspect like me you’re of the generation that expects logical step-by-step instructions that have had ambiguities edited out by a sane normal human being), but when I still managed to find an ambiguity while setting up, the on-line help person came back fast, clear and welcoming. Rare indeed, that was only back in May. Also I know I haven’t received any 3rd party communications as a result of it (because I used a dedicated new Outlook email address as sole contact. Granted Spams & Junks might have been intercepted but who cares, I don't see any) - & btw I have no vested interest in that site.
Not sure what’s going on generally – several people reporting odd functional problems like TDZepp above over the past week (either specific to this site or generally) and at least two posts have lost their photos in the past 24 hours. Coincidence?…or are those Not-The-Russians-Or-Chinese hackers extending their reach? Conspiracy Theorists, come on down.
Cheers, Tim
parrot
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 03:18 AM UTC
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Can anyone give advice on an alternative to Photobucket ? One that is user friendly as I am no computer wiz by any means.
I have used bucket for years but it is getting worse and worse,slower and slower and is probably thoroughly and endlessly hacked as I get weird phone calls and pop up adds immediately after logging in every time.
So any ideas guys ? This sucks,
J
I have also used it for years and was great and simple to use.I think they are spending too much time on ADs.Near impossible to contact anyone!Changes constantly with no warning.
Tom
HARV
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 03:25 AM UTC
I have all but given up on Photobucket. I have been using mostly Flickr for the past few years and like it okay.
Randy
Randy
justsendit
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 04:14 AM UTC
I remember when everybody was all like ... "You gotta' switch to Photobucket!"
I have KitMaker, I have Photobucket, I used to have Flickr ... I'm just so freakin' tired of moving my images around and losing links on all of these so-called "user-friendly" sites!
Note: As of November 04, 2016 - 05:14 PM UTC, Photobucket is down for maintenance. I guess I'll just ride it out for now and see what happens ... GRRRRR!!!
—mike
I have KitMaker, I have Photobucket, I used to have Flickr ... I'm just so freakin' tired of moving my images around and losing links on all of these so-called "user-friendly" sites!
Note: As of November 04, 2016 - 05:14 PM UTC, Photobucket is down for maintenance. I guess I'll just ride it out for now and see what happens ... GRRRRR!!!
—mike
pgb3476
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 06:01 AM UTC
Hate to tag on to this, but Photobucket is failing a lot for me and I'm switching over to Flickr but can't seem to get images to display. I just tried posting some flickr images over on my "Last Coke Machine in Aleppo" blog. If anybody can point me in the right direction, that would be helpful.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 07:15 AM UTC
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I remember when everybody was all like ... "You gotta' switch to Photobucket!"
I have KitMaker, I have Photobucket, I used to have Flickr ... I'm just so freakin' tired of moving my images around and losing links on all of these so-called "user-friendly" sites!
Note: As of November 04, 2016 - 05:14 PM UTC, Photobucket is down for maintenance. I guess I'll just ride it out for now and see what happens ... GRRRRR!!!
—mike
Ditto
Mike the chassis guy
165thspc
#521
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 07:31 AM UTC
Message from Photobucket Support:
Update: During the planned maintenance last night, we encountered an unforeseen issue. Our team is continuing to work on resolving that issue, and we will provide another update as soon as possible. Rest assured that your information and content is safe. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
(last updated November 4, 2016 – 2:50PM MST)
Update: During the planned maintenance last night, we encountered an unforeseen issue. Our team is continuing to work on resolving that issue, and we will provide another update as soon as possible. Rest assured that your information and content is safe. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
(last updated November 4, 2016 – 2:50PM MST)
Pave-Hawk
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 08:38 AM UTC
I have just switched from Photobucket to Imageshack, and I immediately loved it.
Imageshack let me grab hotlinks for all my album images at once rather than having to do each image individually, and there was no issue with uploading any images like i have been experiencing with photobucket in recent times.
With quite a pleasant interface and much better apparent site response I have to say I would highly recommend Imageshack at this point. I will add the caveat that this is the first time I have used it, but it looks very promising for being able to track and manage all my image needs.
Imageshack let me grab hotlinks for all my album images at once rather than having to do each image individually, and there was no issue with uploading any images like i have been experiencing with photobucket in recent times.
With quite a pleasant interface and much better apparent site response I have to say I would highly recommend Imageshack at this point. I will add the caveat that this is the first time I have used it, but it looks very promising for being able to track and manage all my image needs.
justsendit
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 10:24 AM UTC
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With quite a pleasant interface and much better apparent site response I have to say I would highly recommend Imageshack at this point. I will add the caveat that this is the first time I have used it, but it looks very promising for being able to track and manage all my image needs.
Yup, that's how it always start out — herd it all too many times — just another one to add to the pile. I wonder just how many of these sites are out there ... rhetorical question! Fact remains ... if you close one account in favor of another ... image links bye-bye.
I actually used to like how far advancements in technology have come, but it seems like some of it is just ridiculous these days. And as I type away on my computer, I sincerely apologize for my negativity.
—mike
@ Mike Koenig,
"Ditto" ... I remember those machines all too well!
Armored76
Joined: September 30, 2013
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 11:31 AM UTC
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Hate to tag on to this, but Photobucket is failing a lot for me and I'm switching over to Flickr but can't seem to get images to display. I just tried posting some flickr images over on my "Last Coke Machine in Aleppo" blog. If anybody can point me in the right direction, that would be helpful.
There is a how to here on Armorama specifically for Flickr: http://armorama.com/forums/232523&page=1
I'm using Flickr a lot as it is ads-free and offers LOTS of space.
kurnuy
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 05:09 PM UTC
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I have all but given up on Photobucket. I have been using mostly Flickr for the past few years and like it okay.
Randy
Me too although it's more designated for photographers.
Kurt
pgb3476
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 07:40 PM UTC
Thanks, I tried it that way, but it does not give me the option to choose HTML....it actually does not give me any choice at all.
kurnuy
Joined: August 22, 2009
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 09:01 PM UTC
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Thanks, I tried it that way, but it does not give me the option to choose HTML....it actually does not give me any choice at all.
Send you a Pm.
parrot
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 09:41 PM UTC
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Message from Photobucket Support:
Update: During the planned maintenance last night, we encountered an unforeseen issue. Our team is continuing to work on resolving that issue, and we will provide another update as soon as possible. Rest assured that your information and content is safe. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.
(last updated November 4, 2016 – 2:50PM MST)
As you can see your not getting much support!This is Sat.5th and can't download anything.
Maybe time to change THE TEAM.
165thspc
#521
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2016 - 10:10 PM UTC
The Photobucket site was back up and functioning as of 11:30am EST on Saturday morning.
jrutman
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 03:19 AM UTC
I managed to use it this morning (the 5th)
J
J
Klaus-Adler
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 03:47 AM UTC
i now use these guys, like the OP i have become fed up with pop-ups and long delays:
http://imgur.com/
http://imgur.com/
Biggles2
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 09:01 PM UTC
I found PhotoBucket's photo editing features glitchy and unpredictable, and sometimes didn't work at all. But now I do all my editing, size changes, and enhancing on a separate software, so it doesn't matter. 
165thspc
#521
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 09:08 PM UTC
Copy that - I am doing the same thing. Glitchy Photobucket editing tools has me doing most editing offline then uploading the finished image.
justsendit
Joined: February 24, 2014
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Posted: Thursday, January 05, 2017 - 02:24 PM UTC
🖥 Be advised ... PeeBucket is doing some kind of site maintenance at this time. Don't expect to get a whole lot done until they finish with whatever they're doing.
—mike
—mike
HansBouwmeester
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Posted: Friday, January 06, 2017 - 10:53 AM UTC
https://myalbum.com/nl
Works great.
Works great.
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