Imgur has blocked the UK

Feek · Tuesday at 22:52

There’s an automated process running now which will convert any imgur links to attachments and insert them into the post bodies.

Providing people don’t ask for their imgur accounts to be purged, we won’t lose any pictures within posts.

It’ll take a while to run over every post on the forum.

andy_mk3 · Tuesday at 22:58

andy_mk3 said:
I've just set up Slink on my server to try. Like the simplicity of it.

Just finished making an iOS shortcut the same I had for Imgur. Which uses the API to upload an image, get the url and copy it to the clipboard inside img tags. All with one button press. That’s my imgur replacement sorted.

V_R · Tuesday at 23:00

Ah so that's whats happened. WTF UK. :rolleyes:

Bubo · Tuesday at 23:10

Aye that S3ND site does appear to work, although a bit funny having all and sundry able to comment on it

Raymond Lin · Wednesday at 00:32

s3md does work but yes I agree, not able to make photos private means a bunch of randoms will look at my photos and then leave weird comments and downvotes.

aaronyuri · Wednesday at 00:52

Raymond Lin said:
s3md does work but yes I agree, not able to make photos private means a bunch of randoms will look at my photos and then leave weird comments and downvotes.

Isn't that the same as here, just minus the down votes?

mrk · Wednesday at 01:21

visibleman said:
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As in my work is public domain under my name and has been for decades.

A2Z · Wednesday at 01:44

Ah so this is why nearly all the pics in the random image thread just show 'not available in your region'.

You would think people would use a different host instead.

Philtor · Wednesday at 01:50

A2Z said:
Ah so this is why nearly all the pics in the random image thread just show 'not available in your region'.

You would think people would use a different host instead.

It only happened today! Lots of content posted prior to that.

Hotwired · Wednesday at 02:48

A2Z said:
Ah so this is why nearly all the pics in the random image thread just show 'not available in your region'.

You would think people would use a different host instead.

A worse host is the only option now.

chrcoluk · Wednesday at 03:24

This has pretty widespread repercussions due to how heavily it used for hotlinking images. What were the regulators expecting? A age check gate to load a hotlinked image?

Nevakonaza · Wednesday at 04:57

What's their reasoning for blocking the UK?

With that said, Least the children will be safe. Think of the children. :rolleyes:

Rroff · Wednesday at 05:02

Nevakonaza said:
What's their reasoning for blocking the UK?

With that said, Least the children will be safe. Think of the children.

What it ultimately boils down to is the site can't be bothered with country specific regulations. But at the end of the day the OSA seems to have been the final nail in the coffin.

Nevakonaza · Wednesday at 06:04

Rroff said:
What it ultimately boils down to is the site can't be bothered with country specific regulations. But at the end of the day the OSA seems to have been the final nail in the coffin.

Cant blame them to be honest, I think well see more of this going forward.

Nasher · Wednesday at 06:09

Nevakonaza said:
Cant blame them to be honest, I think well see more of this going forward.

Yep and it's expensive and only a few companies provide what the OSA demand. Seems like a bit of a con.

throwaway4372 · Wednesday at 06:32

Wonder how much data worth of attachments that process is going to create. Could be a beyond ridic amount.

robj20 · Wednesday at 07:04

Rroff said:
What it ultimately boils down to is the site can't be bothered with country specific regulations. But at the end of the day the OSA seems to have been the final nail in the coffin.

It's got nothing to do with the OSA timing is a coincidence.

Rroff · Wednesday at 07:05

robj20 said:
It's got nothing to do with the OSA timing is a coincidence.

OSA has almost certainly had an influence on their approach even though it didn't start with that.

KompuKare · Wednesday at 07:15

Feek said:
There’s an automated process running now which will convert any imgur links to attachments and insert them into the post bodies.

Providing people don’t ask for their imgur accounts to be purged, we won’t lose any pictures within posts.

It’ll take a while to run over every post on the forum.

Great!

So eventually all of the images in the Fallout 4 benchmarking thread - most of which were imgur - should get sorted..

The fact that GreenShot and similar can upload screenshots directly to imgur made hosting images there extra easy. Plus I always though it was polite to not upload big files to the forum host themselves.

Pretty sure it was almost impossible to find any 18+ images on imgur anyhow - so the bad joke of the Online Safety Bill continues!

Nasher · Wednesday at 07:32

Rroff said:
OSA has almost certainly had an influence on their approach even though it didn't start with that.

I'd say its THE reason tbh. They aren't the first site to do this and won't be the last. We could see Wikipedia blocking the UK soon as well.