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BWdem4life

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Sat May 2, 2026, 12:51 AM Saturday

Postimages.org has changed. There is an alternative. [View all]

If you use postimages.org to post pics on DU, you'll find that after a certain number of views, postimages blocks any further people from viewing it.

This can be very frustrating to latecomers to your thread, which may have received a high number of view and recs. The latecomer wants to see what all the hubbub is about, but they cannot.

I don't use postimages.org anymore to post images on DU. I have found an alternative:

https://imgbb.com/

So far I have been able to upload pics for free and although some have received high recs/views, imgbb.com has not blocked additional views.

Only issue I've had is that I have to trim off excess parts of the link like so:

(BEFORE)

[url=https://ibb.co/5hG6MtXz][img][/img][/url]

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(AFTER)



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Other than that it's been a good alternative.



Edit: Here's the same pic using postimages - let's see how many people they allow to view it:

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thank you, this paywall for images needs to stop RainCaster Saturday #1
Bookmarking; thank you. Permanut Saturday #2
Imgur Is The Best Sector 001 Saturday #3
OK, I'll give this a try Martin Eden Saturday #4
You want BBCode full linked BWdem4life Saturday #5
When I deleted the bracketed parts you see now Martin Eden Saturday #6
Don't delete the part between [img] and [/img] BWdem4life Sunday #7
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