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Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by maldeh »

nevir wrote: post #48
civilized wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did anybody else read the copy, then read this comment, then read the copy again and go "what planet is this guy from?" How did "being such an ass" get defined down to something this mild? People are so easily offended these days. You can sign up for any image hosting website you want. I mean, you wouldn't go to Chipotle and rant at them for three paragraphs about how their mild salsa is way too spicy for you.

TBH, I find the following from that site as "being a bit of an ass": > You are a guest here. You can use IMGZ, and it'll always be great, because I'm great. I've even open-sourced it. (in particular, due to the "because I'm great.") > It's super cheap. Like, $5/yr. And that includes bandwidth. There's even a free trial because I'm nice. (same theme: "because I'm nice") --- past that, the honest talk is nice to see, I…

Not to mention:

> Already have an account? No you don't.

> Try to log in below if you think you do anyway.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by rexreed »

system2 wrote: post #49
delusional wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the author commented on this view in their FAQ: > Listen, this is half service, half art project. I made it in two days because I needed one and Imgur is an embarrassing husk of its former self, and I had nothing better to do. If you're expecting professionalism, call Oracle and ask for a quote of Oracle Advanced Image Sharing for Hadoop or whatever crap they sell, IMGZ is awesome but what you see is what you…

Then why would I trust him with my credit card or give him money while there are free alternatives?

Because the customers know that "free" has a cost. That's the reason for this site's creation -- because if you're not the customer, you're the product. Free isn't the alternative that it might seem to be.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by paxys »

Those are some pretty terrible prices. You can share images (or anything else) publicly from Dropbox/Box/GDrive/OneDrive for a lot cheaper. Or just cut out the middleman and set up a S3 bucket for a few cents.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by Waterluvian »

civilized wrote: post #31
CosmicShadow wrote: post #9

Strike while the iron is hot I guess, but not sure why you you are being such an ass in your copy, it's kind of a turn off, even if it is super cheap. Maybe it's a trend where if something is super cheap people tend to write in that style, but it kind of erodes trust, unless this is supposed to be a joke site, but the fact that I don't know really hurts your chance to actually get users to want to give you their emai…

Did anybody else read the copy, then read this comment, then read the copy again and go "what planet is this guy from?" How did "being such an ass" get defined down to something this mild? People are so easily offended these days. You can sign up for any image hosting website you want. I mean, you wouldn't go to Chipotle and rant at them for three paragraphs about how their mild salsa is way too spicy for you.

It’s all about context.

In the context of informal Internet chat, this is mild.

But as a business, in my own personal subjective opinion, it’s a real turn-off. I don’t ever EVER want companies to feign personality. At the moment it seems like this site exists purely because someone’s upset with Imgur. That’s a trrrible business model. I’m not about to rely on this existing in six months.

What I want is the most dead simple version of:

1. What it does

2. What’s in it for you

3. What’s in it for us

Everyone misses 3 but it’s imperative. Tell us why you’re here and how you plan on staying in business. If you don’t I’ll assume the worst.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by ASalazarMX »

civilized wrote: post #31
CosmicShadow wrote: post #9

Strike while the iron is hot I guess, but not sure why you you are being such an ass in your copy, it's kind of a turn off, even if it is super cheap. Maybe it's a trend where if something is super cheap people tend to write in that style, but it kind of erodes trust, unless this is supposed to be a joke site, but the fact that I don't know really hurts your chance to actually get users to want to give you their emai…

Did anybody else read the copy, then read this comment, then read the copy again and go "what planet is this guy from?" How did "being such an ass" get defined down to something this mild? People are so easily offended these days. You can sign up for any image hosting website you want. I mean, you wouldn't go to Chipotle and rant at them for three paragraphs about how their mild salsa is way too spicy for you.

It this was a normal startup, the tone wouldn't inspire trust or be good PR. Fortunately this is a personal project, so the author can do whatever the heck he wants with its public image.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by s1artibartfast »

yelnatz wrote: post #10

$34 500 GB You're just showing off More images The server doesn't have that much space don't get this LMAO

from the FAQ:

>Does bandwidth cost extra?

>No. I don't know. It's not a problem yet. If it becomes a problem, I'll make it your problem, but I think we're gonna be okay.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by yobert »

statico wrote: post #7

I've been hoping for an Imgur replacement for simple, hosted image sharing. I'm happy to pay $1/mo, but when I tried to upload https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9ec8d13de2878c899fda0bd43... I got this, which doesn't look like what I uploaded: https://cln.sh/4coS9T / https://imgz.org/i5qphFzd.gif

Bug? Or feature?
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