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MySpace Buys Photobucket

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MySpace Buys Photobucket

Ah consolidation!

http://valleywag.com/tech/exclusive/photobucket-goes-to-myspace-258222.php
from WinCustomize Forums

Just a few weeks ago, popular social networking site MySpace blocked all videos hosted by digital media storehouse Photobucket.  Evidently the vast majority of all of Photobucket's traffic comes through in the form of MySpace referrals, though neither company will comment on the matter.  With this recent bout of fighting between the two companies, the last thing anyone expected was a merger.  Well, that's what just happened.  News Corp, the parent company of MySpace, shelled out the cash to pick up Photobucket, though it's unclear whether or not they met the $300 million asking price.

The news is of particular interest to other services that piggy-back on the success of sites like MySpace.  If you make something cool enough that relies on MySpace, will News Corp buy you?

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Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Maybe one of those new fangled subscriber features?


Most definitely a subscriber feature only...heck, I'd even be willing to pay extra on my sub for the privilege of not having to first upload to a third party to display images in posts here. Never liked that idea much to begin with so have never bothered with the idea of adding pics to my posts.

It seems there are others who would appreciate the 'browse to' feature being added to the forums, so perhaps it could be implemented as a subscriber only feature in WC's site revamp/upgrade for 2008....

Please, please, please Mr Stardock, can we, can we please have it.
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I agree with starkers and Zubaz leave out the middleman and do it onsite. That might be just the thing that would push me to finally subsrcibe. Yes that would mean a massive spike in server space but I assume(yes I know the riddle) that most of the subscribers and many of the other users would appreciate that sort of improvement. And yes Zubaz I would also make it a subscriber feature, to expensive otherwise.

We already have a photo gallery feature for subscribers 

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We already have a photo gallery feature for subscribers


I know this is available on personal pages, and thank you for responding, Zoomba, but the feature of which I speak is where subscribers can browse for images on their PC's and upload them directly to the forums via a browse to/add image button....a one/two click operation rather than having to go through the rigmarol of uploading images to Imageshack and/or Photobucket first.

Prior to this 'MySpace buys Photobucket' thing, I saw several complaints about it and Imageshack not functioning as desired/required, so I imagine an on-site 'browse to' feature would be a welcomed addition to the forums for many subscribers. I don't know how much extra coding and bandwidth this would require, but perhaps a $25.00 premium subscription would help offset the additional costs. I for one would be more than happy to pay the extra five bucks to have access to such a function.

Well we have three Aye's....so come on peoples, who agrees/appreciate our own on-site image upload feature?
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

but the feature of which I speak is where subscribers can browse for images on their PC's and upload them directly to the forums via a browse to/add image button

Thats how the Personal pages works now...but I assume you would rather the function extend directly into the forums...as going to PP first is little different to Photobucket, etc, anyway...

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I assume you would rather the function extend directly into the forums...


Well that was the general idea - being that I didn't have a personal site prior to 5 mins ago (never saw a need for one before) and need to investigate further - but if images can be added directly to forums from photo albums then I'd be more than happy with that.

....so now I'm gonna bugger off to check it out.


Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
a one click access to something like http://xs.to/ incorprorated on site would indeed be a nice feature for subscribers.