What happened?

[Mariar]

My signature is gone...says i have to update my photobucket. I dont have photobucket. My sig was designed by blancaj ..how do i get it back????

 

[plumsmum2005]

Is it linked to someone else's bucket?

 

[itzjbean]

It is probably linked to someone else's photobucket as stated above. If you can find the original image and upload it to flickr or imgur, then re-link it, it should work.

 

[Birdman666]

Mine is gone too.

So are all my pics.

Photobucket wants money.

 

[plumsmum2005]

http://www.parrotforums.com/questions-answers/69729-photobucket.html

 

[Flboy]

Yep, blancaj has been hit! All her stuff is now gone! You have only been using a link from her! As said google search that file name, download it and put that as your sig!

Birdman666, am sure you are a bit upset!,

 

[Kiwibird]

Photobucket resorted to extortion. Be sure to download all your photos while you still can! I suspect they will be going under in no time after this mess. I personally am no longer trusting my photos to online storage and am instead keeping them on a external hard drive.

 

[Scott]

A terrible situation. Charging a nominal fee for image hosting seems reasonable, a dramatic surge to an unreasonable level is horrific.

I take a phenomenal number of images, but have not gotten into the habit of posting. 90% of my images are on a smartphone with cloud backup. Apple charges 99 cents/month for cloud storage, and I am comfortable with the safety and cost of this method.

Hopefully the marketplace will provide a suitable replacement for Photobucket at reasonable charge.

 

[PetoftheDay]

Folks, if you can find a copy of your original image, instead of using a link to Photobucket, you can put it in an album here on the forum, and use it from there! Better of everyone concerned!

 

[plumsmum2005]

Folks you can always use the Luddite method of saving to cd/dvd can't you as a back up/safety net? (Yeh Ok not on a tablet your can't)

 

[Scott]

Really galling is the presence of an ad in place of the pic to "update" the account!

Clicking on the former pic leads to a Photobucket site chocked full of ads!

 

[Mariar]

I have the sig she created,but have no clue how to actually download it to recreate sig...so ill need help..i don't store photos online.