Poll on solving the imgur issue - page 8.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

There are a lot of broken imgur links. How do you think this should be resolved? I've come up with these possible solutions:

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

2: Make it so that all past imgur embedded images show up as a clickable link instead of as an embedded image, as if the poster had just posted the imgur link instead of using the [img] tag. I could also maybe make it so that if you click the link, it will JavaScript-expand into an embedded image (using the specified width etc.) without going through the image proxy.

3: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy so they all just work. But this has privacy implications, since imgur will see forum users' IPs. Also, imgur has apparently banned a lot of Tor exit nodes etc. as well, so imgur images won't work for everyone.

4: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy as above, but prevent using imgur embedded images in any future posts, to sort of phase it out.

We never know what additional restrictions Imgur may impose on us and therefore, I believe that we should avoid using it in our future posts.
My ideal choice would be to exempt the previous posts and restrict the use of Imgur for future posts.
Fortunately, we have Talkimg by Joker_Josue, which is an excellent alternative for hosting images.
Additionally, the script by TryNinja has helped many of us to replace our existing images with the ones hosted on Talkimg.
So we do have that option as well for the previous posts.

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Quote from: Lafu on May 17, 2023, 10:40:43 AM

Guess for all the Users that are affected with the problem that would be the best solution.
So its a yes for option 2 and 4 from me.

#2 still effects the flow or context of a post, discussion, etc., forcing it clickable just adds a step each reader would need to do to see the image, which is a bit annoying and defeats the purpose of an embedded image, which in a lot of cases can provide valuable information to a post or discussion as you scroll through. #2 is not a horrible option though, as it may take more accountability off the forum itself because the user has to initiate a click to expose their IP to imgur, instead of the forum auto-allowing it through an exception, IF this is a concern. If it is not a concern, #4 seems to be a better option for the forum and its users.

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I vote for number four: let the old ones be exceptions, but the future ones should be disabled. There is a new image hosting site that has been designed by the user Joker_josue for forum members to use. I think members should go for it and forget about Imgur.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

There are a lot of broken imgur links. How do you think this should be resolved? I've come up with these possible solutions:
1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

I guess that will or would be the worst nightmare for all Users that only used imgur for there Pictures.
I am not affected of this issue with imgur and only used it maybe 2 times , most time i using a german service or imgbb.

Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

2: Make it so that all past imgur embedded images show up as a clickable link instead of as an embedded image, as if the poster had just posted the imgur link instead of using the [img] tag. I could also maybe make it so that if you click the link, it will JavaScript-expand into an embedded image (using the specified width etc.) without going through the image proxy.

Guess for all the Users that are affected with the problem that would be the best solution.
So its a yes for option 2 and 4 from me.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

Do nothing I guess, There’s a lot of old post in the past that have a broken images when I’m browsing old post in the forum especially on the marketplace section that typically post images for the item they are selling.

It’s the author/poster main responsibility to update all his post if he really values all his content. I think the only exemption to the rules are those constructive post that have a high a value in the forum which created by an inactive user already.

But ofc, fixing it is not a bad idea if the admin will not sacrifice their time on doing it.

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on May 17, 2023, 10:21:00 AM

3 and 4 some users are really care with their privacy.

It's not like the admin will edit the link and add different images. He will adjust something, and the same image will appear. If someone posts an image to show it in the forum, there is nothing about privacy. I don't think anyone wants not to show their images in the forum that was posted already. About showing IP to Imgur, Imgur already know users' IP whoever used their service. I don't think people care too much about using their IP on a image hosting website.

Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

4: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy as above, but prevent using imgur embedded images in any future posts, to sort of phase it out.

I support number four. There are a lot of members who are not in the forum anymore. Some of them are unlikely to return to the forum in the future. We don't know the possibility. There are a bunch of tutorials where a single thread contains more than five or ten images. It would be tough for someone to open all ten images and see them. Some tutorials are incomplete without images. I highly recommend implementing number four.

Thanks for your attention.

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Voter for 2. To me, it will be easier that way since the image links are still very valid and active, and people reading through threads can easily click on the link to view the image information without any other form of stress.

1. This could have been better, but, just as Jawhead999 has stated, there are more users who have created a lot of topics and comments with a lot of images that can't all be edited, and there are also users who have dropped quality posts and comments with images. Those threads are still very useful, but those users might either no longer be active on the forum or be permanently banned from the forum, so their ways of editing such threads won't be there.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

There are a lot of broken imgur links. How do you think this should be resolved? I've come up with these possible solutions:

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

2: Make it so that all past imgur embedded images show up as a clickable link instead of as an embedded image, as if the poster had just posted the imgur link instead of using the [img] tag. I could also maybe make it so that if you click the link, it will JavaScript-expand into an embedded image (using the specified width etc.) without going through the image proxy.

For my own suggestions this option should be implemented, maybe whomever that wishes to edit can go ahead and edit to include another image hosting site and at same time make it clickable for those who don't have time to edit their old images may likely click on the link to view images. I think the two option can be implemented because there series of post that contains images they might not be able to ahead editing them, but as for recent posts that has images can be possibly edited and use another image hosting site imo.
Maybe lets see what other options some users may suggest here.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

I don't believe this option is fixable because some helpful threads were established by people who are no longer active, making it hard to modify those posts unless admin edit it themselves, such as this thread How to sign a message?! The original poster of this thread was last active in 2020.

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4: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy as above, but prevent using imgur embedded images in any future posts, to sort of phase it out.

Option 2 & 3 are okay but I this the fourth option is the best here; as it could solve the issue of the inactive user issue so I'd vote for No 4.

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Quote from: theymos on May 17, 2023, 10:16:25 AM

There are a lot of broken imgur links. How do you think this should be resolved? I've come up with these possible solutions:

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

2: Make it so that all past imgur embedded images show up as a clickable link instead of as an embedded image, as if the poster had just posted the imgur link instead of using the [img] tag. I could also maybe make it so that if you click the link, it will JavaScript-expand into an embedded image (using the specified width etc.) without going through the image proxy.

3: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy so they all just work. But this has privacy implications, since imgur will see forum users' IPs. Also, imgur has apparently banned a lot of Tor exit nodes etc. as well, so imgur images won't work for everyone.

4: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy as above, but prevent using imgur embedded images in any future posts, to sort of phase it out.

#1: I don't like.
#2: It is worth noting similar privacy concerns as #3 when doing the javascript option.
#3: Those that are worried about this, I'm curious what your main fear is with imgur knowing your IPs when you see an image?

Tough decision between 2,3 & 4 for me, but I'd lean more towards 3-4 and would probably land at #4 myself as an option.

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1. There are many users have more than 5000+ posts and it's time consuming for them to edit all past broken images.

2. At least users can see the images even though they need to click it.

3 and 4 some users are really care with their privacy.

I vote number 2.

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There are a lot of broken imgur links. How do you think this should be resolved? I've come up with these possible solutions:

1: Do nothing. People will have to edit past broken images and use different image-hosting services going forward.

2: Make it so that all past imgur embedded images show up as a clickable link instead of as an embedded image, as if the poster had just posted the imgur link instead of using the [img] tag. I could also maybe make it so that if you click the link, it will JavaScript-expand into an embedded image (using the specified width etc.) without going through the image proxy.

3: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy so they all just work. But this has privacy implications, since imgur will see forum users' IPs. Also, imgur has apparently banned a lot of Tor exit nodes etc. as well, so imgur images won't work for everyone.

4: Exempt imgur links from the image proxy as above, but prevent using imgur embedded images in any future posts, to sort of phase it out.

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