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Postby ClosetOtaku » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:48 am

I've had a Website with Speakeasy (well, what used to be Speakeasy) for seven years now, and am looking to reduce expenses (I pay monthly for hosting, e-mail, monitoring, and the like).

What I really want to do is just host images; that is, I want to put my pictures up somewhere so that, if I need to refer to them in a forum post or an e-mail, I can do so, without significant (or any, if possible) charge.

I note that Flickr and Photobucket are used widely. Do people find these sufficient for these purposes, and are there drawbacks?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks!
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Postby Atria35 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:03 am

Photobucket is good enough for me, personally. I think that there's some limit to the amount you can put on if you're not a paying member, but I have perhaps about 400 images on there so far and haven't hit it yet.
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Postby blkmage » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:39 am

flickr is better for photography, so if that's what you're doing, go for it.

Otherwise, for throwaway posting of images on forums and such, I just use imgur.
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Postby ClosetOtaku » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:06 am

OK, thanks!!
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Postby shooraijin » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:33 am

Second vote for imgur, though now that I have a T1, I've started using my server again for stuff (more convenient).
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