Imgur.com no longer working?

[Linda257]

Is it just me???

All my pics seem to have vanished aswell

[SnappyMac]

It seems to just be Imgur linked pictures, flickr are still showing.

Looks like Imgur.com is down, probably restore when they come back up.

[Linda257]

Hmmmm very frustrating

[Charles B]

Hi Linda,
The same happened to Postimage yesterday evening. I lost most of my photos but not all on this form where the photos are 'embedded'.

But on 'BirdForum' all my Postimage photos were totally normal because there the photos are 'hosted'.

But my photos here kept coming and going all night on this forum. I've been up since 3:00 AM because of it. I was getting a blue box with server not ready error 503 instead of my photos!

And also now I can't even upload photos to Postimage. When I do they are not processed at all! ....Something blocks my IP???

So I tried uploading and posting my Marsh Tit on Imgur.

We need to tell our Administrator to check into a possible hacking job or virus! I've also seen this on a Dutch model railway forum once which also had phpBB.
I just sent Kev a PM.

[Willpar]

Not seeing your images either Linda.

[PimperneBloke]

Apparently it's to do with the new legislation in the Online Safety Act, where the web host has to verify users age. Work around is to use a VPN and set location to jersey or isle of man. I don't know how to do that so will be looking for a new picture hosting site, possibly looking deeper at flickr

[Charles B]

Now Imgur works for me good! See my new posts under 'My Balcony Bird World'.
VPN? I could never pay for that with my meesly German pension!

[PimperneBloke]

You're not in the UK Charles, so the OSA law won't effect you. Imgur isn't viewable in the UK, without faffing about. I can't see your pics 🥺

[Charles B]

And maybe Postimage blocked my IP not knowing that Tits are birds!

[Charles B]

Then my only other choice is to go back to reducing all my photos to 1 MB or less with reduceimage.com and then inserting them into my posts ascattachments. If Kev would go for this???