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Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by dijit »

hnaccy wrote: post #116
supperburg wrote: post #111

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Yeah but then you’re supporting Apple and google and also certainly being spied on and putting yourself at risk of being flagged as a pedophile.

imgz will flag you to NCMEC too ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28676746

yeah, every image hosting service will.

The issue was never that iCloud was scanned, it was that your phone is scanning your photos and that the list was opaque- it's a whole other thing if it's your own device which is supposed to be _yours_ that is spying on you. Potentially for big brother.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by CosmicShadow »

durpkingOP wrote: post #57
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…

ok arbiter of copywrite, should we call it imgzen instead. kumbaya

There's a difference between being an asshole against a problem or another company and being an asshole to the person you are trying to get to sign up.

Here's what gave me the double-take:

Already have an account? No you don't. Try to log in below if you think you do anyway.

Why are you being a dick to me, I just got here. I didn't care that you want to shit on Imgur, but now I'm not sure what your problem is and don't care to waste any more time on this.

Anyway, you can write your site however you want, but so can anyone share their thoughts.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

jasode wrote: post #128
stavros wrote: post #114

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Yes, it's a database. That's where you're meant to put DATA.

>Yes, it's a database. That's where you're meant to put DATA. Most (all?) large-scale high-volume image storage architectures I'm aware of do not store billions of images as blobs in a database. Instead, they typically store the images as files . The database only holding metadata info and a pointer to the image filename location (or url if using AWS S3 or CDN). E.g. Facebook is one of the largest MySQL sites (if not…

I'm joking, but the volume for IMGZ is way too low (and always will be) for data storage to matter.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by hunterb123 »

BrianOnHN wrote: post #98
stavros wrote: post #33

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The numbers don't lie: 99,9999987% of humans don't use this site and I'm not hurt.

Well played.

This thread reads like "ego offense".

As in, "I have to diagnose someone because it can't just be for fun and light hearted, this guy has to have a problem!"

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by debarshri »

stavros wrote: post #123
nikolay wrote: post #105

Unfortunately, Stavros has some issues keeping his services up. I was a user of his https://historio.us long-time ago, a paying one, and he just killed the service and lost all my data. Some time later, he restarted the service and gave my username to somebody else. Don't put anything meaningful and valuable into his services! Hello, I'm afraid I couldn't find your backup file :/ It looks like your account may have b…

That's a bit of a liberal retelling. You had a free account, the system sends you one (or two, I forget) emails if your free account is inactive, and if you don't log in for a few months it deletes the data to make room for others. There was a period where I didn't keep backups of the data on free accounts, but people complained, so I added that. I think it's a bit unfair to expect me to keep account data around fore…

The fact that you are putting customer chats in public forum without their consent is just terrible.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by toby- »

I was so confused by the absence of a login form, below "Already have an account? No you don't. Try to log in below if you think you do anyway."

Turns out uBlock was hiding the form; possibly one of my 'social' blocklists. Just in case anybody else runs into that problem!

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by buryat »

stavros wrote: post #136
kragen wrote: post #130

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It seems like there's a dispute of fact, whether this person was paying you or not: you say "You had a free account," and they say they were a paying customer. I don't think "half a decade ago" is a reasonable time horizon after which to consider accusations of outright fraud irrelevant. If this person is telling the truth, then not only did you defraud them a few years ago, but you're lying about it now; this seems…

I found and posted the email thread where he admitted to not having a paid account. He also managed to get into his account fine (that's how he saw that the data wasn't there), so the stuff about the username isn't accurate either. I can look at payment records, but I've literally never had a single complaint of paid users' data being deleted by accident. I don't think he wants to hurt me (who cares about me or my se…

> I don't think he wants to hurt me

in their HN profile they wrote about themselves: Provocateur extraordinaire. So malicious intent cannot be ruled out

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #117
mattl wrote: post #84

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Owner sounds a bit full of themselves for sure. Any horror stories?

>Any horror stories? One time I made a joke on HN that feel flat, and he posted a sarcastic comment! He also bought an oscilloscope from me and made sure I marked the package correctly so it didn't get caught up in (corrupt) Greek customs, causing a tiny amount of extra work at my end! True sociopathic behaviour!

Holy shit I LOVE the Labrador, it's the most useful thing I have. Guys, if you're into electronics at all, buy one right now (https://github.com/EspoTek/Labrador/), it's amazing and only $30.

Also I'd say I'm sorry about the comment but that would imply I've changed but I'm still a sarcastic asshole. I'm working on it though.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

debarshri wrote: post #145
stavros wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a bit of a liberal retelling. You had a free account, the system sends you one (or two, I forget) emails if your free account is inactive, and if you don't log in for a few months it deletes the data to make room for others. There was a period where I didn't keep backups of the data on free accounts, but people complained, so I added that. I think it's a bit unfair to expect me to keep account data around fore…

The fact that you are putting customer chats in public forum without their consent is just terrible.

Oh man, if you're angry at my posting emails, wait until you see what the other guy posted!

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

toby- wrote: post #146

I was so confused by the absence of a login form, below "Already have an account? No you don't. Try to log in below if you think you do anyway." Turns out uBlock was hiding the form; possibly one of my 'social' blocklists. Just in case anybody else runs into that problem!

Actually I have the exact same problem. I should fix that...

EDIT: Fixed, thanks!

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