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Old 11-25-2019, 08:39 AM   #76
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I don't get it, and this might be my old man showing, but they have the functionality for message board sites...
<= we can't see this

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You'll probably see it because you just opened it on imgur itself, but since we didn't we can't.
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Old 11-25-2019, 08:45 AM   #77
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You'll probably see it because you just opened it on imgur itself, but since we didn't we can't.
Correct. If it's loaded locally in your browser cache it'll appear just fine.

Support email sent... hopefully they will review the block and get back to us shortly. I don't think we legitimately earned the block, but who knows.

Also... anyone playing the dangerous game I saw suggested earlier of posting naughty images while hot-linking isn't working will be 100% responsible for them once they start working again. Sooo... you those of participating in Imgur Roulette you might want to hop on those edits early.
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Old 11-25-2019, 08:55 AM   #78
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I don't get why they would have the functionality for BB sites in there if they didn't want folks to link to them.

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FLOWERS->WANGS->LANDSCAPES->CARS->->FLOWERS->->->->TRANNY PORN
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Old 11-25-2019, 08:55 AM   #79
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Correct. If it's loaded locally in your browser cache it'll appear just fine.

Support email sent... hopefully they will review the block and get back to us shortly. I don't think we legitimately earned the block, but who knows.

Also... anyone playing the dangerous game I saw suggested earlier of posting naughty images while hot-linking isn't working will be 100% responsible for them once they start working again. Sooo... you those of participating in Imgur Roulette you might want to hop on those edits early.
That's means you, Patrick!
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:03 AM   #80
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So it would appear the reason this has happened to other communities is for what IMGUR feels are violations of their TOS. This means they feel the images being hot-linked here by people posting are against their rules. It seemed to have happened to watchyouseek and a couple of others. I'm filling out the "contact us" form on IMGUR right now, which is the only method of communication with them. Hopefully, it's something we can get resolved quickly.

CN: It's not NASIOC, It's IMGUR choosing to block requests from NASIOC for TOS violations due to user-posted IMGUR images hot-linked here.

In the meantime, I'm looking for ways around it until it's resolved.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/...siness-at-risk

Imgur has been trying to clean up its "community" recently for business reasons.

This means that they no longer show NSFW subreddits (like /r/nsfw) in a browseable format on imgur.com

However, they are still *fine* with users uploading NSFW images to their servers, as far as anyone can tell. They're just "private." You need the specific image link to see them.

All the NSFW content is still there, they just don't let you browse it any more.

So... NASIOC is pretty tame in this regard. Our rule forever has been Maxim-level at worst. There are likely precious few actual naked pictures ever hotlinked from this site, even hidden behind smileys.

I imagine this is more of an automated system that saw a lot of hotlink traffic coming from our server and decided to auto-block it as a potential attack, since we host a ton of content this way.
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:04 AM   #81
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:13 AM   #82
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Correct. If it's loaded locally in your browser cache it'll appear just fine.

Support email sent... hopefully they will review the block and get back to us shortly. I don't think we legitimately earned the block, but who knows.

Also... anyone playing the dangerous game I saw suggested earlier of posting naughty images while hot-linking isn't working will be 100% responsible for them once they start working again. Sooo... you those of participating in Imgur Roulette you might want to hop on those edits early.
Christ, I was joking.

Nobody ever posts anything, even hidden behind smileys, that's legit NSFW.
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:16 AM   #83
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Christ, I was joking.

Nobody ever posts anything, even hidden behind smileys, that's legit NSFW.
Unless it's pritibitch related, then it's ALL LABIA ALL THE TIME.

















It's not. I keed. Dem labia, tho, amirite?
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:31 AM   #84
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In a different thread, I saw some imgur pics posted/coming through.... (game of 22).

Working now?

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Old 11-25-2019, 09:35 AM   #85
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Old 11-25-2019, 09:36 AM   #86
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:29 AM   #87
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Timely you were the last post, you may have been directly responsible for part of the reason for this block. Their TOS says no using of imgur for any site elements... buttons, avatars, so on a so forth. Funny thing is NASIOC doesn't use anything but our own servers for any and all image hosting... save two elements I just found that were on user accounts that are now no longer there... yours and r0bman's user titles. Both have been removed as of 5 minutes ago.

The other issue is apparently any use within a classifieds section is also a violation, so that'll I'll have to find a way to block. Hopefully, with that change, we can get reinstated.

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Thanks for writing. Unfortunately that forum has been blocked from hotlinking due to abuse of Imgur's terms of service (http://imgur.com/tos). Imgur's ToS prohibits using Imgur as a content delivery network, which means that website elements such as buttons, banners, avatars, frames, image libraries, etc. cannot be hosted on Imgur and served up as elements of other sites. Imgur's intended use is not as a CDN, but rather as a platform to upload, share and browse entertaining images, which is why using it to serve website elements or image libraries is not allowed.

Please also be aware, that any forum that has a section dedicated to selling, such as classified are also against the advertising portion of the TOS.

If you'd like to be unblocked, please take measures to undo the functionality that caused the terms of service breach, at which point we'd be happy to review.

Please let me know if you have any other questions; I'd be happy to help.
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:29 AM   #88
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I posted this in the goof thread. The anonymous unser can see imgur stuff. Log out and they all show. That indicates a vBulliten problem. I didn't look at requests in Fiddler to see how a request from an authenticated user differs from anonymous requests, and I suspect they don't. Even if they did, I would not expect imgur to have different code paths based on that.
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:31 AM   #89
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Because I posted the updated in both threads to maximize eyeballs on the update?

Imma fix IMGUR for everyone... BUT you!

You stealth edit punk! Now I'm gonna double fix it for everyone... but you!!!
I have been caught.
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:40 AM   #90
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I posted this in the goof thread. The anonymous unser can see imgur stuff. Log out and they all show. That indicates a vBulliten problem. I didn't look at requests in Fiddler to see how a request from an authenticated user differs from anonymous requests, and I suspect they don't. Even if they did, I would not expect imgur to have different code paths based on that.
It is not a vbulletin issue. It's Imgur blocking us at the domain level from hot-linking.

I have a feeling I know why it's working via unregistered user though. We run ads on images posted on the site for unregistered users. So it's very likely that because the ad agency is calling the image to generate and add advertising to it it's bypassing the block placed by imgur on NASIOC because the referer is technically coming from them, not us. (can't confirm this theory yet, so it may just be some random other reason)

Updated reply... they seem really hot about the classifieds even existing. So I'm seeing clarification that if I block any imgur links from any and all classifieds sections if we can regain the use of hot-linking for the rest of the site. If they reply no dice even with removal from classifieds... I guess I have "a way" to "fix it", but it's only a matter of time until they find a workaround. So it may be time to find a new hosting service since there aren't many forums that don't have at least some form of classifieds.

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Uploading images for the purposes of selling things violates our Terms of Service. Therefore the users who are posting the images to your message board are violating our Terms of Service and the site has been blocked from hotlinking due to this. Unfortunately, we enforce domain-level blocking on our end for sites with classifieds sections.
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:58 AM   #91
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srsly? don't upload images for classifieds? are they for real?
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Old 11-25-2019, 10:58 AM   #92
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Well, I'd have offered up my lordofthegif dot com hosting site had I not ended up pulling it down after I logged in one day to find nothing but pro-Isis propaganda, skanky-ass porn, and the entire image gallery for a Costa Rican limousine service provider's business site.

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Old 11-25-2019, 11:06 AM   #93
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Is propeganda some sort of professional pegging team from Uganda?
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:10 AM   #94
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srsly? don't upload images for classifieds? are they for real?
I mean, I don't agree with it, but I get it (and it's not even remotely abnormal in 2019). It's been their long-standing policy apparently. I'm finding all the other forums who have gone through this going back in time. They hit WatchYouSeek in 2018, BimmerForums in 2016. I guess I'm surprised they didn't hit us sooner.

If I can find a way to block the images in the classifieds and replace it with a stock image that says "imgur doesn't allow hosting of classified images" with a suggestion of another image host I will. If not... we might be SOL.

I just want clarification from them that even doing that will restore our ability to hot-link again. I have plenty of other things I can be doing than working on a custom solution to a problem we didn't create on something that may not produce any positive results.

Speaking of alternative image hosting... name 'em if you got 'em. Who's legit reliable? It seems so many places are blocked by businesses, so we want someplace that's hopefully accessible at most locations and not default blocked by most firewalls.

The trend of building an audience through active outreach "come use us, we are the greetest!", then slowly chipping away at it with TOS changes to remove problematic users "FOH, we don't need you anymore!" is becoming the newest
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:10 AM   #95
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:22 AM   #96
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testing https://imgbox.com/

I dont see anything in their terms that would be a violation: https://imgbox.com/tos




^^ that's what is happening in my garage right now
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:24 AM   #97
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Well, I'd have offered up my lordofthegif dot com hosting site had I not ended up pulling it down after I logged in one day to find nothing but pro-Isis propaganda, skanky-ass porn, and the entire image gallery for a Costa Rican limousine service provider's business site.
But you kept the porn, right?
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:28 AM   #98
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What a bunch of crap.
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Old 11-25-2019, 11:37 AM   #99
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I had to page king so yeah.
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I will walk over to Imgurs HQ and make friends with their giraffe
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