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Old Dec 20, 2019 | 07:39 AM
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My Photobucket account for the last 3 days acts like the Russians have hacked it. It had been a week or two since I tried to get into it before that. Very balky, slow, lot of picture files never do generate previews in the folders. Anyone else seeing this?
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What I've seen recently is a series of hysterical email messages from photobucket telling me I'm over my bandwidth limitations. And that I need to take action Right Now!!!!

I no longer use photobucket so I've just ignored all these messages. I'm not even convinced they were genuinely from photobucket.

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When Photobucket began imposing high fees for hosting photographs most people switched to other options. Photobucket is essentially dead. I'm surprised you are still trying to use it.
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Originally Posted by ejboyd5
When Photobucket began imposing high fees for hosting photographs most people switched to other options. Photobucket is essentially dead. I'm surprised you are still trying to use it.
Be aware of anything starting out "free" online.....my long time email provider, Earthlink, now charged for their formerly gratis email accounts. I've had the same email for ... mmmm ... 20 years ? Its now my "digital persona" in cyberspace so I pay the low fee but grudgingly. For the same reason I don't use "cloud" services and the like...

When something catches on and dollar bills start being waved around many companies will change models to suck up the bucks....
"Stringify" is a great example; the BEST home automation application and after benefiting thousands for free they just shut it down.

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does any one know why members photos are not showing for me to look at when I am reading a thread? some do, but most dont.
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Originally Posted by DansYellow66
My Photobucket account for the last 3 days acts like the Russians have hacked it. It had been a week or two since I tried to get into it before that. Very balky, slow, lot of picture files never do generate previews in the folders. Anyone else seeing this?
This got moved to the Help forum, perhaps due to a few follow-up replies that might be related to CorvetteForum, but your concern is best with Photobucket's own support for help with their own product. CorvetteForum has no control or partnership with Photobucket.

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does any one know why members photos are not showing for me to look at when I am reading a thread? some do, but most dont.
In order to assist, we'd need some additional, basic, information. Please link to a specific post. Please don't simply link to a 20 page thread. Instead, we need a link to the specific post so we can look at the exact post that you're reporting the issue. Each post can be linked by the number in the top corner of the message.
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Take a crowbar to your wallet and get Imageshack

It is great and worth every penny of $19 per year.

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