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Please stop the image leeching
This isn't something I want to hand out a ton of bans or warnings for people, so lets talk about this.
Image leeching is when you post or direct link to an image on webspace that you don't control. This is particularly bad when you use the img tags to make it load whenever anyone views a thread here. Webspace, beyond a certain point, isn't free, so in essence you're stealing from the hoster by doing this. Also, if you link to, say, screenshots of a game on a magazine's webspace, you're probably bypassing the ads they use to pay for the content you're taking. In essence, you're stealing from them twice.
On top of that, many admins will replace the leeched image with something innapproriate, and that could land you a sick-shit ban.
So what's the alternative? Well, there are several sites that will let you load an image for forum display. Here's a couple:
www.imageshack.us
www.photobucket.com
Or if you go to a university, you probably have webspace available to you. Most ISPs also provide webspace for use.
So, now you know, and no one's going to end up getting banned over something so simple as hosting their own images.
Image leeching is when you post or direct link to an image on webspace that you don't control. This is particularly bad when you use the img tags to make it load whenever anyone views a thread here. Webspace, beyond a certain point, isn't free, so in essence you're stealing from the hoster by doing this. Also, if you link to, say, screenshots of a game on a magazine's webspace, you're probably bypassing the ads they use to pay for the content you're taking. In essence, you're stealing from them twice.
On top of that, many admins will replace the leeched image with something innapproriate, and that could land you a sick-shit ban.
So what's the alternative? Well, there are several sites that will let you load an image for forum display. Here's a couple:
www.imageshack.us
www.photobucket.com
Or if you go to a university, you probably have webspace available to you. Most ISPs also provide webspace for use.
So, now you know, and no one's going to end up getting banned over something so simple as hosting their own images.
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