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Recs for photo sharing sites, please

10 years ago

I just found out I can't post pics anymore. I've been using Webshots for years, it was very convenient. Well apparently they shut down the service last October or something and I never got an email, so everything disappeared.
Now it's some Smile thingie, I signed up but looks like it's just a storage, works very slow and images look distorted.

I also had an account on Photoshop, they moved it to some Revel or something. I clicked on everything and was not able to find how to share pics. So that doesn't work either.

I know many here use Photobucket, but all I hear is complaints about them :) On other boards too. Is photobucket the only option? Are there any other websites to use for picture posting here? Thanks

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organic_kitten
10 years ago
Nate, I am doing fine with Photobucket, but it does have a learning curve. Julia had an excellent post on it not long ago. Not many of us like change, and I surely didn't, but it works pretty well now. not perfect, but pretty good.
kay
silverkelt
10 years ago
I use photobucket as well, Ive really had not issues with it, they do force ads on the upload with it .

there is Flickr which I had used in the past but haven't used in awhile.
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shive
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nat4b
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you!
I'll look for Julia's post on Photobucket, I couldn't check forum for the last several days due to antivirus issue and haven't seen it.
Oh, Flickr, yes, heard of it.
dementieva
10 years ago
The other option is to upload photos directly to the forum using the "Choose File" button. You can only upload one photo per post, but you can make as many posts as you want in a thread.

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jean_ar
10 years ago
I used IMAG-SHACK for a long time,I had photo's disappeared so I went to photobucket.Have had a very few disappeared there, too.but,I take so many photos now, till its no big deal.

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