04-20-2023, 05:18 PM
(09-27-2021, 05:58 PM)taylortbb Wrote: I expect within a couple years we're gonna start seeing problems with all our images that are linked from Imgur.
~18 months later... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/...ext-month/ . Imgur is beginning to purge unprofitable content.
The restriction on adult content won't affect WRC, but the deletion of anonymous uploads likely will. Years ago anonymous was the default way to upload to Imgur, so many of the older images from the early days of WRC are likely to get deleted soon.
I really think that relying on external image hosts isn't good for the health of this website. We should encourage everyone to use the attachment feature, and I'm even willing to help pay for it if that's an issue (though I believe the costs would be minimal).