Theduke.williams 995 Posted September 24, 2016 Lately I've been having problems uploading to photobucket. I use the desktop version only, I won't install the Android app on my phone because it asks for too many permissions (why should Photobucket need access to make calls?) I have the free account with 2Gb capacity, and it's around 40% full. I've taken a shedload of photo's lately as I've been fairly active on M2M, and want to leave feedback, but a post is worth nothing without photos! Everytime I try to upload photos to Photobucket, it seems to take ages for each photo, and more often than not the upload fails. My photo's aren't excessively large either, 3 to 4 Mb in size each one. My internet connection is quite stable, and reasonably fast (for non fibre-optic) at about 12 Mbps. I get the same problem uploading from my gaming PC, or any of my laptop PC's ( I have a few). I make sure that I am not running any other Internet traffic when trying to upload photo's I had wondered if the ads that keep popping up in Photobucket could be interfering with the upload, causing the failures, but I'm not convinced this is the case, and I'm reluctant to upgrade to a monthly plan if this won't resolve my problem. Seriously considering swithing to another Image Hosting service, I hear good things about IMGUR. Do any members here suffer the same problems with Photobucket? What Image Hosting service do you use? and do you ever experience any problems similar to mine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daffy 105 Posted September 24, 2016 If you follow the instructions in my sig, it's much easier to deal with than photofucket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_B 2,401 Posted September 25, 2016 I use Flickr now, view all sizes when looking at a photo I've uploaded then right click 'copy image url' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nikosaldente 630 Posted September 25, 2016 If you follow the instructions in my sig, it's much easier to deal with than photofucket. Nice alternative Daffy! Just tried myself! Works great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
banjo 0 Posted September 25, 2016 Agree about Photobucket and it's a complete pain to navigate too, but there is no free lunch is there? Once you have signed up to their dubious "service", you should be given an individual email address linked to your specific account. It is then a trivial exercise to send an email to that address and attach your pictures to upload them. It's when you want to chase down the image url that the fun begins. e&oe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainFantastic 509 Posted September 25, 2016 I used to use the photobucket mobile site but it got so laggy and full of pointless ads that I've given up posting pics. I've been meaning to work out a new way to do it but not gotten around to it. I might try some of the links above though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daffy 105 Posted September 25, 2016 With postimage, you can literally upload an image in mere seconds, get the direct URL link, and have it in your post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daywatch 4 Posted September 25, 2016 Hi, quite satisfied with phobu and use ad-blocker so it´s faster; 3 to 4 MB imho is "huge". My 1280x720 pics are reduced to 200 to 400 kb. With bigger You have too much dataflow, Yours are 10x that size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onionbag 1 Posted September 25, 2016 I still use PB, but mostly Flickr. PB's site is a pile of shit, but it's like an old girlfriend you phone late at night............ everytime I go back I find stuff I dumped there ages ago and have a good giggle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narikaa 129 Posted September 25, 2016 PB is whats commonly known as a crock of shit Extricate yourself from that stinking mire as fast as you can Loads of better alternatives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites