ImageShack hotlinking

Mo0 · Jun 30, 2006, 07:04 PM

Does anyone have any idea why ImageShack has apparently blocked hotlinking from GFF? A whole bunch of signatures are now broken because they've been replaced by that ugly-ass frog.

I'm going to accuse pom of it not because I actually think it's his fault but I know someone else will so I want to look funny and original

Domino · Local time: Jul 1, 2006, 12:08 AM

I think ImageShack may be under going some maintenance work.
My signature is hot-linked from ImageShack, and hasn't been affected.

Musharraf · Local time: Jul 1, 2006, 08:02 AM

It's not only GFF, I have seen block imageshack hotlinks in other message boards as well. Let's hope that Domino is right and it will work again very soon.

Luxo · Local time: Jul 1, 2006, 01:11 AM

It usually happens when a server takes up too much bandwidth from ImageShack. Not sure about why it affects only certain sigs, though.

Render · Local time: Jul 1, 2006, 01:06 AM

There's always imagesocket.com

I think it's just as good.

AcerBandit · Jul 1, 2006, 05:19 PM

testing:

Okay, I was having issues the other day but it seems to work now. Anyone not see the icecream? =Q

Yamamanama · Jul 1, 2006, 05:44 PM

It works. I don't get why people don't just use ChocoSig, though.

Musharraf · Local time: Jul 1, 2006, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

It works. I don't get why people don't just use ChocoSig, though.

Because it doesn't work sometimes (?)

I mean, come on, this is like the typical "I don't get why people don't just use Firefocks" to the typical "Opera crashed while I was watching porn pixx what is worng" question

Mo0 · Jul 2, 2006, 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by rendr

There's always imagesocket.com

I think it's just as good.

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

It works. I don't get why people don't just use ChocoSig, though.

Haven't been to this thread in a bit, but neither of you are helping.

Oops, if I'd read one more post I would've realized Mush already said that.

Little Shithead · Jul 2, 2006, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

It works. I don't get why people don't just use ChocoSig, though.

By that same logic I should just ask why don't all you people just pay for your own webhosting so you don't have to leech bandwidth, and I'd be just as helpful as you.

It would also make me a hypocrite because I have my own hosting and I still use imageshack/socket.

Aardark · Local time: Jul 2, 2006, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mo0

Haven't been to this thread in a bit, but neither of you are helping.

Uh, well dude, I'm sorry if you feel so, but this is not ImageShack's tech-support forum. How can we help you if some external site is having random downtimes? Telling to use ChocoSig is a valid suggestion, since the problem could easily be avoided by doing that.

Mo0 · Jul 3, 2006, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Aardork

Uh, well dude, I'm sorry if you feel so, but this is not ImageShack's tech-support forum. How can we help you if some external site is having random downtimes? Telling to use ChocoSig is a valid suggestion, since the problem could easily be avoided by doing that.

The question was not about ImageShack's downtime problems, I was wondering why, according to the replacement image, loading from THIS DOMAIN was blocked. It was blocking GFF pictures for a little while.

Aardark · Local time: Jul 3, 2006, 07:17 PM

Yeah, but, as you said, only some images were affected, so apparently our domain wasn't really blocked; probably, there was just some maintenance work going on, or some other problems on Shack's end.

Lukage · Local time: Jul 3, 2006, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

testing:

[img]lolsicle[img]

Okay, I was having issues the other day but it seems to work now. Anyone not see the icecream? =Q

There is no spoon--err, ice cream.

AcerBandit · Jul 3, 2006, 03:37 PM

Funny, I can see it. OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

Lukage · Local time: Jul 3, 2006, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Funny, I can see it. OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

What's great is....I knew you'd say that. And when I said it to myself, it was in all caps (Yelling)

Mo0 · Jul 3, 2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Aardork

Yeah, but, as you said, only some images were affected, so apparently our domain wasn't really blocked; probably, there was just some maintenance work going on, or some other problems on Shack's end.

That's what I made the thread to find out about, though. Recommending Imagebucket 5.0 or whatever doesn't help answer my original question. Like Mush said, it's akin to going into a thread about IE and saying "Use Firefox".

Anyway, the question has been answered, I'm going to save the mods the trouble and close this.