[roger55]

This is a HUGE impact to online forums of any kind.

Over the last few months there have been many, many complaints about slow access and the addition of advertisements on Photobucket.

So, to deal with the online traffic problems they, without warning, cut off all 3rd party access to photos and hold them ransom for a $399 annual subscription rate. This is obviously a move to just eliminate the traffic instead of upgrading their systems and maybe just charge a nominal extra fee for it.

I expect they are either going to file for bankruptcy or they will have to back off what they did. It was a totally arrogant move. If I were a member and even if they backed off, I would be moving elsewhere with my photo hosting service.

Ogre, when you find an alternative hosting source, I hope the site will give you permission to edit all your posts to change your photo links. I also hope you have all your photos archived on your own hard drives or you are really up the creek.