Welp. So much for Photobucket.

[cairistiona]

Photobucket no longer allows 3rd party hosting without having a paid account at the $400 a year level. :/

Um. No. I don't have that kind of cash to lay out for fandom stuff that doesn't involve getting a hug from Sebastian Stan, and I don't really have money for that, either.

So, sadly, all the Aragorn-a-day posts made from photobucket are now just ugly placeholders advertising Photobucket, as are a few miscellaneous other photo posts and my DW journal header (which I was going to change anyway).

I haven't lost the photos... they're still stored on PB plus I have them backed up on a thumb drive. I guess I'll slowly go through my Aragorn-a-days and... delete? I hate losing all the comments, though none of them make sense without the corresponding photo. Thoughts?

Just another reminder that Things Change on the Internet, and often not for the better. :(

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I looked through some of the comments and didn't see anything especially helpful, but I'll keep lurking over there.

I'm not going to delete my photobucket account yet, because I have a feeling that, unless they're truly idiotic, the massive ire from all corners of the Internet (including Amazon and Ebay, where many images of items for sale are now broken) may make them roll back this idiotic decision. I really can see where a class-action lawsuit might not be out of the question with this... especially given that it's affecting people selling actual merchandise. It's affecting people's livelihoods and that's never a good thing.