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Re: Imgur alternatives for posting you images on the forum
by
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on 26/05/2023, 15:49:37 UTC
People are still using imgur again? Imgur is an alternative image uploading app or site for me.
You mean on this forum?

It looks like imgur is no longer blocking the image proxy. I didn't change anything on the forum's end, so imgur must've loosened up their limits. I guess it's not necessary to convert img images into links as long as imgur keeps working. But to prevent this from happening again, you'll get an error if you try to embed imgur images in posts from now on.

I'd like to create a page which recommends services for hosting forum images, and mention this in the error message you get when you try to use imgur. Other than TalkImg, which ones are good?

Really? I'm curious, can you tell me what's so good about Imgur?

- Their user experience. For me, it is easier to upload, group, and locate my images.
- Ability to choose image sizes to reference to (many other services don't have that).
- Speed. I find their servers to be much faster than other image hosts.
- P.S. Oh yeah, I've been using it for more than a decade and it is still there, unlike other services that are gone with the wind with all my images.
It is not hard to upload images on other sites too like https://www.talkimg.com/ or https://imgbb.com
You can resize your image on this forum if the item you are using does not have resizing
The speed on other sites are fast too. With what I saw, faster than Imgur
It is because you have been using it for more than a decade and you so not want to use other ones.