John Billy...it’s simple. These things that you think I control are way above my pay grade.

Unless you have more recent information than I do, the only control that admin has over the image option on our page is to turn it “off” or “on.” I have no choice at all in which image hosting site, such as Tiny Pic, is used. Use it if you like. If not, you always have the option to search for another photo hosting site which offers third party photo sharing. That’s what I did. Right now I’m liking ImgBB. But..I’m skeptical about it since they sometimes sneak additional coding in which attaches other material to my photo post. Once I identify and remove the suspicious code, the photo posts just fine. THAT’s the reason I have not suggested ImgBB publicly. It’s simply a matter of caution on my part. I’m not sure many people will want to look that closely at the coding, and that can be problematic.

I rarely use Tiny Pic because, in the past, it has been linked to viruses. There are probably fewer than a dozen people among our readers who want to deal with posting pictures. From that small group, I have had more than one report of viruses traced to TinyPic...verified by their computer repairman. That’s enough to make me refrain from using it very much. I don’t think you have ever heard me actually recommend it, have you? In fact, we have had several discussions about its value vs the risks. Use TinyPic if you like, but be careful and be on guard. Most of the time it’s probably fine. I left it on the page because these days most people who are technically savvy enough to get through those steps are technically savvy enough to recognize virus bait. As admin, I cannot change TinyPic, but I can turn it completely off so that it is not available at all. Do you think I should do that?

Second...FHS Reminiscing did NOT move from PhotoBucket; I don’t understand what you meant by that. From the beginning Photobucket was one of several photo hosting sites that anyone could establish a free account with. As far as I know, there was never any kind of “default” PB option connected with FHS Reminiscing. Besides being a pretty good hosting and editing site to store photos, PB also allowed easy linking of those photos to a message board like ours. Several of our readers, anyone that wanted to, established an account and enjoyed the services. We often chatted about the features and how to use it. However, about two years ago, without warning, PB changed their policy. They cancelled those free accounts. Not only did they unlink the photos which had previously been posted, but they started charging nearly 300.00 per year (per user) for that same type of account. I would be willing to pay that fee if it could be a default option for FHS Rem....but that’s not the case.....EVERYONE who wants to post pictures would have to establish individual PB accounts and pay a fee. PB received a lot of bad press about this unexpected change; I read that there might be legal action since they basically were holding photos hostage if you didn’t set up a paid account. So they did have to make some adjustments. I just checked, and PB now offers a similar type of account for 11.00 per month...quite a bit less than the original 300.00 per year that they required two years ago. But, again, that would not be for the use of FHS Reminiscing Site as a whole....that’s 11.00 per month per user. Any individual can make that choice to subscribe to PB right now and enjoy all the features available before. Use it if you like. But It has nothing to do with FHS Reminiscing other than making it less complicated to post photos.

Third....did you state that PhotoBucket was the default account on our page before TinyPic? I don’t remember it that way. It’s true that PB owned TinyPic at one point in time...perhaps still does...but anytime photos were posted on FHS via PhotoBucket.....it was a feature on that particular poster’s individual PB account....not a feature of FHS Rem or any Boardhost Message Boards that I know of.

Does this shed any light on your thinking? I’m not sure I completely understood all the points you brought up...especially your first paragraph...as in “I can explain why I know that”... Know WHAT?

John Billy, my first words were “it’s simple.” Wonder how many words it would take me to explain something complicated. And to anyone who might still be reading, I apologize for taking so much time on something that you most likely have zero interest in.