I did something similar recently https://streambin.pl/ , you can upload whole directories but only when web-browser is on.
This is really neat as a technical demo. What's your anticipated real-world use for something like this?
My first thought was that it would be fantastic in a case where I needed to pull a file off a server I was SSHd into but didn't feel like setting up a SFTP session. Of course, in that case I probably wouldn't be comfortable having the data pass through a third-party.
I like it. But I would like a more concrete answer to how long the files are kept. "As long as possible" is not really a great answer. I don't expect it to be there indefinitely, but something like "For at least 5 days. And no guarantee longer than that" would be fine with me.
It's a difficult question to answer exactly how long a file would be kept as the deletion is based on two factors: - How active the file is (e.g if the file isn't downloaded in X days). - How much space that's available on the storage servers. As mentioned in a previous comment, the site's operating on small margins so the majority of the income will go to expanding the storage in order to make sure that your file is…
I understand there is a technical aspect of how long you keep the files. But the end users probably don't really care. When I use a service like this to transfer a file to someone else, I would like to be able to write a message to the other person saying, "please download this file in X days".
I'm operating DropJar.om and I can say it's a big headache. For some reason I keep getting DMCA notices from all kinds of lawyers and the occasional take down notice from police when ISIS videos are uploaded there. No income and tons of complaints. http://dropjar.com
I'm curious, what police force is it that reports the ISIS videos? Is there once in particular that seems to be hunting for them or do you get notices from a bunch of different ones that have had the videos reported to them?
Great design & feature set. Feedback: the navigation bar at the top is quite unusable from an UE point of view. The positions of the icons (and therefore the hovering position) change as the mouse hovers them. It is quite annoying. Also, in the FAQ: "How can this be a free service? Magic" This sounds to me as: "stfu, don't ask, you are not clever enough to understand" or "there is some dirty way to get money from you…
I thought it was a scam to datamine documents or something. Still don't quite trust it enough to upload anything.
I have some thoughts for you as someone who's done this before. I used to run a file hosting site called MediaCrush with a buddy of mine. It was moderately successful, but we ended up shutting it down. I later switched to a file host called pomf.se, which eventually was shut down as well. I wrote a blog post that sums up my thoughts on public file hosting: On the profitability of image hosting websites - https://drew…
>I hate that if I look at a forum post written >5 years ago, odds are all of the images will be broken.
Could be interesting to sell these placements to advertisers: if you don't donate, we'll change all your linked images to image ads after 12 months.
I have some thoughts for you as someone who's done this before. I used to run a file hosting site called MediaCrush with a buddy of mine. It was moderately successful, but we ended up shutting it down. I later switched to a file host called pomf.se, which eventually was shut down as well. I wrote a blog post that sums up my thoughts on public file hosting: On the profitability of image hosting websites - https://drew…
I think that in the end, the way to really address these issues is with WebTorrent or a similar service. When you're online, you should be: 1. contributing your own bandwidth to the images you upload 2. contribute your own bandwidth to the images you look at. If you look at an image, maybe you should be required to seed it twice over. If you upload your image, maybe you have to seed it at least 10 times for it to sta…
Upload metering is happening again in Australia. Especially on mobile devices, this could get super expensive.
I have some thoughts for you as someone who's done this before. I used to run a file hosting site called MediaCrush with a buddy of mine. It was moderately successful, but we ended up shutting it down. I later switched to a file host called pomf.se, which eventually was shut down as well. I wrote a blog post that sums up my thoughts on public file hosting: On the profitability of image hosting websites - https://drew…
>I hate that if I look at a forum post written >5 years ago, odds are all of the images will be broken. Could be interesting to sell these placements to advertisers: if you don't donate, we'll change all your linked images to image ads after 12 months.