I've had a photo I posted on Imgur as my background picture for over two years now and all of a sudden it's just gone. The link still works but now if I want to put a background I have to use Pinterest links. Does anyone know what going on?
I've tried several Imgur links and the issue is still there.
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This has happened with other services as well.
What is happening is that sites like Imgur have recently imposed a maximum limit on the number of times an IP can request something. SpaceHey has a proxy on all media to prevent a malicious user from doing something like self-hosting an image and collecting the IP address of every user who views their page, however this come with the drawback that a site like Imgur sees this as a single IP address making hundreds of thousands of requests per day.
Since Imgur limits how many times an IP can make a request, it cuts Spacehey off after a certain point.
They aren't really meant to be used like that in the first place, their TOS is pretty clear that you shouldn't use them as a hosting service (although they've been letting people do it for years, it's kinda shitty to suddenly start enforcing that).
Try using NeoCities, they're an actual hosting service. Upload the images there and update the links on your profile and you should be good to go
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Neocities really isn't a hosting website either, hot linking images off of Neocities is disabled unless you pay the $5 a month to be a supporter. Even then, they still highly discourage using them as storage for hot linking images. Even people who have websites specifically for showcasing web graphics recommend that people save the image and not hotlink.
I've heard people recommend Dropbox.
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