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TygrBright

(20,987 posts)
14. You still need a photobucket or similar account, or a social media image-sharing account...
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 09:02 PM
Feb 2020

...such as Instagram or Pinterest, to post YOUR photos here. You cannot directly upload your own photos to a DU post, as you can on many social media services.

Before the ubiquity of social media services, an account with photobucket or some similar photo fileshare utility was necessary if you (for instance) made a meme and wanted to share it on DU.

Now you can tweet it out or add it to your Facebook page, Instagram account, etc., copy the image location from there, and hotlink it here in a DU post.

Or you could.

And hopefully will again.

I do love image sharing here on DU, especially SCE's Sunday Special. But I remember 2016, and keeping the site safe is WAY more important.

affirmatively,
Bright

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Hey, as long as it's fixed by the time SCE posts the cat thread, we're good. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1
Thank You! sheshe2 Feb 2020 #2
Thank you for keeping us posted. lapucelle Feb 2020 #3
Thank you! 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4
I noticed the graphics in my signature were turning into urls... Rollo Feb 2020 #5
Thanks! Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #6
I don't even know what hotlinking is so I can't miss it. katmondoo Feb 2020 #7
Thanks for the update malaise Feb 2020 #8
Thank you. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2020 #9
All my yuiyoshida Feb 2020 #10
If you leave them as links, the images should reappear when hotlinking is turned back on EarlG Feb 2020 #12
oh, thanks... yuiyoshida Mar 2020 #19
Thanks for taking necessary steps to keep DU secure. Snarkoleptic Feb 2020 #11
I must be so out of the loop. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #13
You still need a photobucket or similar account, or a social media image-sharing account... TygrBright Feb 2020 #14
Thank you for the info! Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #17
You people are terrific. Keep up the great worl Pepsidog Feb 2020 #15
Thanks for keeping us updated JHB Feb 2020 #16
As long as it doesn't affect the Top 10 on Wednesday it's all good! Initech Mar 2020 #18
Just an aside, I noticed that I can't edit posts. Keep getting an error message. Is that related? George II Mar 2020 #20
more problems during a primary? 😂 joet67 Mar 2020 #21
It seems bobnicewander Mar 2020 #22
You can't see replies when logged out? EarlG Mar 2020 #23
All is fine now bobnicewander Mar 2020 #24
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