TinyPic is Shutting down!

[wildmaven]

"TinyPic is shutting down its image hosting service because we can no longer support a free service that derives 100% of its revenue from ever declining on-site ad revenues. While you may continue to host images from our site until further notice, we encourage you to consider selecting one of the premium plans offered by our sister site, Photobucket. Thanks for using TinyPic for your hosting needs over the years. We apologize that we can no longer continue providing this service, but Photobucket is a great option going forward."

ARGHGHGHGHGGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's where the majority of my forum's images are hosted!!!

[Scott]

wildmaven, I think you should send TinyPic an email and say "Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam" !

[wildmaven]

Aug 8, 2019 11:38:43 GMT -8 Scott said:

wildmaven, I think you should send TinyPic an email and say "Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam" !

I'm going to send them 50 ravenous Targs.

*grumbles*

[Derek‽]

Everyone knew it was only a matter of time after Photobucket ended its hotlinking for free accounts. I can appreciate how frustrating it is to have to find a new host, but everyone has had ample time to make the necessary preparations and migrations for the inevitable.

[wildmaven]

Aug 8, 2019 13:10:00 GMT -8 Derek‽ said:

Everyone knew it was only a matter of time after Photobucket ended its hotlinking for free accounts. I can appreciate how frustrating it is to have to find a new host, but everyone has had ample time to make the necessary preparations and migrations for the inevitable.

Not everyone.

[ToriJ]

I noticed that a week ago when I went to their site and saw that message, and then I was like, "No, you're my number one place to go to upload and resize my images, asdf!"

[wildmaven]

Aug 10, 2019 11:18:05 GMT -8 ToriJ said:

I noticed that a week ago when I went to their site and saw that message, and then I was like, "No, you're my number one place to go to upload and resize my images, asdf!"

I just spent all morning uploading and relinking all 100+ emojis for my cbox. Now to work on avatars and signatures for my forum. *flail*

[User 180565 is taking donation]

I guess you could say this is a tiny bit of an issue.

[Erik Mouse]

Aug 8, 2019 11:31:34 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

"TinyPic is shutting down its image hosting service because we can no longer support a free service that derives 100% of its revenue from ever declining on-site ad revenues. While you may continue to host images from our site until further notice, we encourage you to consider selecting one of the premium plans offered by our sister site, Photobucket. Thanks for using TinyPic for your hosting needs over the years. We apologize that we can no longer continue providing this service, but Photobucket is a great option going forward."

ARGHGHGHGHGGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's where the majority of my forum's images are hosted!!!

Sounds like this could keep you busy and possibly distracted a bit from moderating here.

[Syko Nachoman]

Aug 10, 2019 19:13:55 GMT -8 Erik Mouse said:

Aug 8, 2019 11:31:34 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

"TinyPic is shutting down its image hosting service because we can no longer support a free service that derives 100% of its revenue from ever declining on-site ad revenues. While you may continue to host images from our site until further notice, we encourage you to consider selecting one of the premium plans offered by our sister site, Photobucket. Thanks for using TinyPic for your hosting needs over the years. We apologize that we can no longer continue providing this service, but Photobucket is a great option going forward."

ARGHGHGHGHGGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's where the majority of my forum's images are hosted!!!

Sounds like this could keep you busy and possibly distracted a bit from moderating here.

Hmmm, a see what you're saying...

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MODS ARE AWAY! What should we do while they're gone!?

[Derek‽]

Aug 8, 2019 14:51:29 GMT -8 wildmaven said:

Aug 8, 2019 13:10:00 GMT -8 Derek‽ said:

Everyone knew it was only a matter of time after Photobucket ended its hotlinking for free accounts. I can appreciate how frustrating it is to have to find a new host, but everyone has had ample time to make the necessary preparations and migrations for the inevitable.

Not everyone.

OK, everyone who knew Photobucket owned TinyPic should have known to expect this.

Really though, anyone with a large number of images they intend to access frequently and/or long-term shouldn’t use an image hosting service like that. Their model has proven itself to be untenable time after time and they’re all going to go belly up. I’d advise people to get a proper web hosting package and host the images themselves. Many hosts are adding language into their terms that forbids their use as a CDN, but you’ll be good as long as you stay well within your bandwidth allowance.

[Kirika]

So glad I didn't go back to them once Photobucket ruined my pictures. I have been using Imgur. Not sure how many photos I can have but it allows you to make albums that be can be hidden or public.

[Shaliza]

I have used Village Photos since the whole Photobucket debacle and it has worked well for me.

village.photos

Another site that my friends use for free hosting is Nick Pic:

nickpic.host

Hope these help if anyone is looking for another, free, image hosting site. 

[User 180565 is taking donation]

I do wonder why proboards just doesnt offer an image uploading service 🤷‍♂️

[Retread]

Aug 16, 2019 0:32:20 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

I do wonder why proboards just doesnt offer an image uploading service 🤷‍♂️

I can't understand how anyone can have a business model for a free image host based on hotlinking that can cover its own costs. (storage space, server time, bandwidth, etc.)