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Old 01-23-2010, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
Well because when people delete or close their off site photo host accounts a thread can become useless.

If the pictures are hosted here they will always be here to keep the thread intact.

Grumpy
You're kidding right? There are plenty of active members/threads who have lost pictures after the infamous AK server crashes. I'd say the odds of photos staying intact are better on a photobucket or flicker. Keeping the VK photohosting is fine for the occasional poster who is just looking for a price on something, etc. but I think the hardcore members are better served with a third party. I've also sent links to my threads if I wanted to show a non-VK member pictures of a TV set I just found, and they don't have to be members to view the photos.

The only way we'd lose those pics would be if the member intentionally deleted their account, in which case, c'est la vie.

Wasn't bandwidth a major AK expense? I'd think you'd be happy if people didn't use your server as a photohost.
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