Why is deeplinking not allowed ?

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Just curious as to why deeplinking is not allowed, Linking 1 image from 1 site compared to linking the exact same image from lets say photobucket, Is it bandwidth issues ?
 
Because you have no control over the original image and it could be changed to anything.
 
Dicehunter said:
Just curious as to why deeplinking is not allowed, Linking 1 image from 1 site compared to linking the exact same image from lets say photobucket, Is it bandwidth issues ?
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stealing bandwidth this forum has a massive user base any image is likely downloaded thousands of times and it quickly adds up.

also the site where it is linked from could replace the image with something else not family friendly as revenge for the bandwidth theft or even password the directory it is in so every time the image loads on here a popup appears asking for a login/user
 
I specifically link to pictures in threads hosted on my own server. After a month or so, I then replace the pictures on my server with explicit screencaps of hardcore pornography. If you browse threads from a few months ago that I've posted an image in, chances are it's now a picture of a big hairy cat getting destroyed by three or four oversized trouser snakes.
 
arknor said:
stealing bandwidth this forum has a massive user base any image is likely downloaded thousands of times and it quickly adds up.
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If it was bandwidth related, the GIF thread would require a static thumbnail, rather than a direct link. Each time you load a page in that thread, you download every GIF (= bandwidth use). If you go back into the same page later and only one new GIF is added, you are loading all the other GIFs again (= double bandwidth use), although depends on local cache policy.

I am sure it is just image retention.
 
El_Watcher said:
If it was bandwidth related, the GIF thread would require a static thumbnail, rather than a direct link. Each time you load a page in that thread, you download every GIF (= bandwidth use). If you go back into the same page later and only one new GIF is added, you are loading all the other GIFs again (= double bandwidth use), although depends on local cache policy.

I am sure it is just image retention.
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I'm not on about our bandwidth I'm on about the website that hosts the image.
a lot of smaller websites will be hosted on webhosts that have bandwidth limits/fees on their package and a lot of big websites will have anti hot linking scripts but the person posting the image won't see it because he already has the actual image cached
 
I once posted an image in the high-res game screenshot thread here and there was 5gb of traffic to that one image in a few days lol.
 
Rroff said:
I once posted an image in the high-res game screenshot thread here and there was 5gb of traffic to that one image in a few days lol.
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which proves my point bandwidth stealing is bad when dedicated image hosts will let you willingly use their bandwidth
 
^^ I suspect from OcUK's point of view its more about people replacing the image with something inappropriate which would be a pain to moderate. The bandwidth leaching isn't very considerate either.
 
Rroff said:
^^ I suspect from OcUK's point of view its more about people replacing the image with something inappropriate which would be a pain to moderate. The bandwidth leaching isn't very considerate either.
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I get that but why does that apply to using images from respected sources like the BBC for example? Are the Beeb really going to replace the image with a porn one?

Also there as much chance as a site randomly changing an image for another one and that one breaking the rules of the forum and using exactly the same url as there is one of photobucket's admin teams doing it with what you uploaded (i.e virtually zero)
 
estebanrey said:
I get that but why does that apply to using images from respected sources like the BBC for example? Are the Beeb really going to replace the image with a porn one?

Also there as much chance as a site randomly changing an image for another one and that one breaking the rules of the forum and using exactly the same url as there is one of photobucket's admin teams doing it with what you uploaded (i.e virtually zero)
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It's too much work to moderate and decide which sites are safe and which aren't. It's easy just to say no hotlinking full stop.

It only takes 30 seconds to upload the picture to photobucket anyway.
 
estebanrey said:
Also there as much chance as a site randomly changing an image for another one and that one breaking the rules of the forum and using exactly the same url as there is one of photobucket's admin teams doing it with what you uploaded (i.e virtually zero)
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The chance of a small site changing the url is very high, it happens all the time, as a forum like this eats up there limits in hours, so in no way is it a random thin g, they change the image on purpose, often with caption saying so.
Compred to a site like imageshack randomly changing and image for no reason is virtually zero.
To keep it easy its a blanket rule, imagine trying to moderate one which allowed hitlinking on certain websites.
 
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