All My Photos Disappeared

Crag the Brewer

Crag the Brewer

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I checked multiple devices, and in one fell swoop everything is gone.

I made a concern about a famous production design that might not be Original, and posted a YouTube link.

Am I being punished or is this shadowbanned or calling this out?

Years worth of my knives disappeared

I still have my icon, which is weird



Thanks.
 
Crag the Brewer said:
I checked multiple devices, and in one fell swoop everything is gone.

I made a concern about a famous production design that might not be Original, and posted a YouTube link.

Am I being punished or is this shadowbanned or calling this out?

Years worth of my knives disappeared

I still have my icon, which is weird



Thanks.
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Looks like you're using postimg.cc for your photo hosting. Is that correct?

Scrolling through BF today and there are other users who's photos are not showing in the same manner. Looks like all are using that site.

Your avatar photo is hosted on BF proper, which likely why it's still visible.

Probably a photo host site issue.






Could also be the Men in Black. Keep your head on a swivel. ;) 🙃
 
Blue Sky said:
I just checked my postimg.cc account and all my images appear to be there.
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Silly question...... There is a page there of all our pictures?

I thought we were just using them to copy the code for posting Here?

I Wouldn't use an outside site if BF was able to post to (from a device)
 
Blue Sky said:
I just checked my postimg.cc account and all my images appear to be there.
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Are the ones hosted there that have been posted on the forum still showing on the forum?

Crag's recent post in the EDC thread and the member's above it is not.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...-are-you-carrying-today.1573161/post-22299757

Same with Crag's post here and another user down the page.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...-are-you-carrying-today.1573161/post-22297563

Same deal in a different forum, but I can't link to that forbidden hell hole.
 
Crag the Brewer said:
Silly question...... There is a page there of all our pictures?

I thought we were just using them to copy the code for posting Here?
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Crag the Brewer said:
I Wouldn't use an outside site if BF was able to post to (from a device)
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You can! Click Attach files at the bottom of the post box and you can upload photos straight from a computer, tablet, or phone.

Some resizing might be required, but that's mostly a historical issue. If the photo ends up being too large here is a recent post going over how to resize.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/picture-attachments-too-large.1957587/post-22291328
 
Things seem to be back????

Is that a thing?

Perhaps some site update at the hosting site?

-See...... It Was a conspiracy....ha!

Thanks Bladeforums.
 
This seems to be resolved but maybe this is still relevant.

Crag the Brewer said:
Silly question...... There is a page there of all our pictures?
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i set up a personal account and save my pics there. So no, there isn’t an “all BF“ page. You don’t have to have an account to upload pics to postimg, but I did because it helps me find them again later.

benchwarmer380 said:
Are the ones hosted there that have been posted on the forum still showing on the forum?
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Good question. I don’t know if the ones I used here showed here during the outage, I only know they were still showing in postimg at that time. Since its working again I’m spared trying to find where I posted them here to see.
 
The page I see displays 25 attachments PER PAGE that I have added using the post feature.

At the bottom of the page I see a page feature to see more of my attachments.
 
mqqn said:
The page I see displays 25 attachments PER PAGE that I have added using the post feature.

At the bottom of the page I see a page feature to see more of my attachments.
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I guess my stupid question really is, What's the difference between an attachment vs a "normal" picture posted?

All mine, seem older, so it must of been off an older device.
Not sure what or how/why I posted That way?
 
The way I would describe it is:

You use the post dialog and attach files using the button just below and to the left which has the paperclip icon.
The attached file is uploaded to a directory on the forum server. The attached files, presumably pictures but could be other file types, is associated in the resulting data with your user ID number.

The other way to allow an image to display in a post is using a different web hosted location to store the files, and then use "bulletin board" codes, or bbcode to insert a command that allows the forum software to display the remotely hosted image/file.

If by 'normal you mean pasting a copied image into a post from your clipboard on your device; the image is still hosted by forum software but likely does not show up in the "attachments" dialog but is rather stored in a different structure in the forum software.

I am not very versed in the system workins' of XenForo, the forum software, so the above is an educated sketch of what I think is going on.

XenForo is a cloud based package as opposed to the "good old days" of having to install, debug, upgrade and keep patched the forum software, work that would have to be done by the owner/admin or their delegates.

Now it is all done by the Xenforo folks under the managerial direction of the customer, eg the owner.

The reason I mention that is to illustrate that the owner/admin is abstracted from the database and file structures, as well as deep dive diagnostics, and therefore not privy to the goings on within the system.

I also don't use or have any experience with the mobile app interface.

Or, it could all be a conspiracy. I dunno. ;)
 
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mqqn said:
The way I would describe it is:

You use the post dialog and attach files using the button just below and to the left which has the paperclip icon.
The attached file is uploaded to a directory on the forum server. The attached files, presumably pictures but could be other file types, is associated in the resulting data with your user ID number.

The other way to allow an image to display in a post is using a different web hosted location to store the files, and then use "bulletin board" codes, or bbcode to insert a command that allows the forum software to display the remotely hosted image/file.

If by 'normal you mean pasting a copied image into a post from your clipboard on your device; the image is still hosted by forum software but likely does not show up in the "attachments" dialog but is rather stored in a different structure in the forum software.

I am not very versed in the system workins' of XenForo, the forum software, so the above is an educated sketch of what I think is going on.

XenForo is a cloud based package as opposed to the "good old days" of having to install, debug, upgrade and keep patched the forum software, work that would have to be done by the owner/admin or their delegates.

Now it is all done by the Xenforo folks under the managerial direction of the customer, eg the owner.

The reason I mention that is to illustrate that the owner/admin is abstracted from the database and file structures, as well as deep dive diagnostics, and therefore not privy to the goings on within the system.

I also don't use or have any experience with the mobile app interface.

Or, it could all be a conspiracy. I dunno. ;)
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My next posting, I'll try to use the attachment method that was advertised as a feature to the paying members. I remember getting frustrated by it years ago?

I use an external site with "posting to a forum" feature for the code.

I've got knives to show off, so hopefully I can figure out this other way.

Thanks! :)
 
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