Well, hello there, Mr. Aragorn-a-day...

[cairistiona]

It's been a while!

Yep. I don't know what exactly Photobucket did nor when, but suddenly all my Aragorn-a-day posts have photos again (and I'm assuming all my other PB-related posts, like the Bucky Bobbles ones)! Granted, there's an ugly "proudly hosted by Photobucket" watermark in the corner, but hey, NOT COMPLAINING!



I won't be restarting the A-a-day... I've pretty much moved into the "remembering with fondness" stage of separation from that fandom duty, but I'm very glad to see that PB finally came around to their senses in offering a "free" version that, though limited in storage space, nonetheless works. They now offer tiered monthly plans that are quite reasonable that include removing the watermark. I might think about signing up for that. I have nothing against PB needing to charge to make some money--it is a business, after all. But the ridiculous approach they took when they decided to charge an outrageous amount to be able to embed photos still rankles a bit. But seeing as I've never found an alternative to photo storage and sharing that I've liked as well as PB, I may well end up paying the smallest monthly fee. (I also need to look at storage limits as well; if I've exceeded the limit, I'll need to start paying, I suppose.)

I'm just tickled pink my LJ is whole again!

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[mrowe.livejournal.com]

*waves at Aragorn*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Aragorn: *waves back*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Nice to see him!

I don't mind the water mark. I guess quite a few of my early pictures will be back, too.

I transferred a lot of the church ones that were hosted there to my personal Flickr account when they disappeared, and I will probably just leave them there.

I really like Flickr, I can find my pictures easily as they are all tagged as well as in albums so I haven't put anything much onto Photobucket for a while.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I never did warm up to flickr, though I've tried it off and on several times over the last decade. Something about its user interface just doesn't work for me. So I'm glad PB came to their senses.

[shirebound]

suddenly all my Aragorn-a-day posts have photos again

!!!! Hooray!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Definitely!

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

\o/ Heyyy, nice to see a site making a good decision for once, instead of gradually descending into insanity and wrecking their userbase, lol.

Seriously, though, so nice to have those memories back in place with the photos where they belong. :D

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It still boggles my mind that they thought charging $400 or $500 or whatever it was without any warning or recourse was a good idea in the first place. I wonder just how big a hit their business took. It must have been substantial.

I may not ever go back and look at the old posts, but it's comforting to know I *can* now. When they suddenly were restored, I realized that I still harbored a lot of resentment that they'd disappeared!

[ysilme]

Yay, how lovely your old entries are fine again! :o) (And to imagine they had photobucket also already back then, in Middle-earth! And we never knew! *giggles madly*)
I don' t know their long-term conditions and storage limit, but in general, I'm quite satisfied with imgur for photo hosting, also much more comfortable to use than I remember PB was - it's been years since I used the latter, though. My own hosting is still not back up (entirely due to my own inability to get around to it), and I'm now using it since over a year.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

(And to imagine they had photobucket also already back then, in Middle-earth! And we never knew! *giggles madly*)

Yes, imagine that! File under "who knew"!

I store my personal photos with Amazon, which, since I'm an Amazon Prime member, is the only free storage that doesn't compress photos. Not that it would really be an issue if the photos were compressed, since I'm not a professional, but I like the idea of the files remaining intact. As for fandom photos, I might look into imgur, though to be honest, I'm lazy and now that PB is back to some functionality and I know how to use it in my sleep, I'll probably stick with PB.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up re-PB. I'll go check my old picture-less posts to see whether there's a Return Of The Photobucket Photos :))

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Hopefully your pics showed up too!