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Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

CosmicShadow wrote: post #129
blunte wrote: post #15

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I'm not sure there's any definite way to erode trust these days, since the most polished and believable sites can (and often do) completely betray the trust they instill or profess to uphold. Perhaps the creator is truly tired of the BS and guesses that there's an audience who also is. And for $5/yr, it costs virtually nothing to try. The bigger question is about limits of what can be posted, policing of content, and…

The fact that it's so cheap makes it feel even sketchier, like who am I giving my credit card to if they are making it that cheap and easy to do; is it a trick to get my CC? They don't care how little I give, because the $5 isn't their target, it's something else. As a developer I know you can build stuff that actually is that cheap, but still, makes some alarm bell go off. Maybe if the site was worded differently, i…

You're actually making a very good case for raising my prices again!

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

Minor49er wrote: post #132
umvi wrote: post #108

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This is same character "Maddox" plays (if anyone remembers him)

After he imploded later in his comedy career, I kind of wish I didn't remember him

Luckily I left him at the height of his career, so I always remember him as a legend to my 16-year-old self.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

CosmicShadow wrote: post #142
durpkingOP wrote: post #57

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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…

> to the person you are trying to get to sign up

I am not trying to get you to sign uuuuuup!

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

This is very fair.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by mrmuagi »

awsthro00945 wrote: post #210
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…

Well good news for you, he pretty much explicitly states all of that in IMGZ's terms of service! https://imgz.org/help/terms/ >This is my project, and I make no promises at all, even though you're paying. I'm not even promising I'll host your images. I don't believe in stealing your money or compromising your privacy, but even those aren't promises either.

TBH, I would avoid this service on the grounds it seems to be run by one person (to what extent its just clever self promotion hinges on charitable interpretation) -- this blurb whilst humorous is on line with the Discord cutesy error messages. It really hammers home this is not in the big leagues (or the minor leagues rather) and if you are using this service, you should be fine with that. However charging customers for it is interesting since that's a sure source of customer pressure via expectation.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by AussieWog93 »

stavros wrote: post #148
AussieWog93 wrote: post #117

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>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.

>I'm still a sarcastic asshole.

Beats being a boring asshole like me! :P

(And thank you for the kind plug)

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

marethyu wrote: post #218

> ashamed of what Imgur has become? Can anyone explain what's the problem with Imgur?

Basically the issue I had with it is that they seem to make the site less and less usable as an image host. They used to have (or at least allow) a way to upload images from the command line, but mine stopped working at some point, I couldn't find the page with all my images, they started putting comments on stuff I posted, things like that.

It had turned into a social network when I just wanted a place to send a screenshot to a friend, which I was very dissatisfied about.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by normalocity »

awsthro00945 wrote: post #206
stickfigure wrote: post #159

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It's absolutely fair game to post customer chats/emails that contradict a false and damaging narrative. Maybe the OP misremembered, maybe the OP has an axe to grind, either way the issue is firmly resolved now.

>It's absolutely fair game to post customer chats/emails that contradict a false and damaging narrative. Eh, not really. Most half-decent businesses have a privacy policy/TOS that explicitly makes this a no-go, and would be grounds for a lawsuit if a company posted a customer's conversations with said company. It doesn't look like Historious has such a policy, so legally it might be okay, but it's still scummy IMO. P…

I see humor in the entire project, and am okay with this. Given Stavros' clear intent to be funny and make it abundantly clear what _isn't_ being promised, it's pretty great.

I mean c'mon - have a little fun.

At any rate it's classic absurdist marketing, and I approve.

Besides, I don't read the TOS of most other services. Why would I start now?

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