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Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

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

Well that's extremely odd, I will look into that right now.

EDIT: This is very odd, I'm not really doing any processing on the uploaded files, so it should definitely return the originals. I will have this fixed soon though.

EDIT2: Unfortunately, the saved image in the DB itself is corrupt, so you will need to reupload after I solve this.

EDIT3: Alright this should be fixed! Now I can start submitting animated GIFs there.

EDIT4: Ironically, now ONLY animated GIFs work, because 2am is when I do some of my best work. Stand by...

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

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…

Ah, see, you're assuming the site is not serious and I didn't actually make this because I needed it and it'll be a hassle if other people use it so they need to give me money to offset the hassle.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by busymom0 »

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…

Call me crazy but the funny pricing page and copy is what convinces me to throw some money at this site.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by blunte »

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…

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 privacy.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by stavros »

busymom0 wrote: post #14
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…

Call me crazy but the funny pricing page and copy is what convinces me to throw some money at this site.

If you upload a video of you throwing money at the screen I will give you a year's subscription.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by blunte »

d4mi3n wrote: post #6
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Is it $5/year (says on home), or $1/month (says on pricing page)?

From the pricing page (fine print): * All prices paid per year but shown per month because if I get another person telling me that "$5 A MoNth Is toO ExPeNSiVe FoR 1 GB" I'm going to lose it. Small print may be too small to read. Service comes with no guarantee, not even guarantee of service. Do not email us for support you do not get any. Paying us money doesn't entitle you to anything except owning less money. Disc…

Well, I might pay $5/yr for an image service that sometimes works, with a side of comedy. It's better than some of the free options...

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by version_five »

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…

It would be interesting to see what kind of innovative products got made if everyone worried about being tut-tutted by self righteous internet critics for everything they did.

Honestly your comment is a charicature of the kind of internet objections we'd expect to see to a new marketing style.

Re: IMGZ – Paid image sharing

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Post by jrochkind1 »

d4mi3n wrote: post #6
jonny_eh wrote: post #2

Is it $5/year (says on home), or $1/month (says on pricing page)?

From the pricing page (fine print): * All prices paid per year but shown per month because if I get another person telling me that "$5 A MoNth Is toO ExPeNSiVe FoR 1 GB" I'm going to lose it. Small print may be too small to read. Service comes with no guarantee, not even guarantee of service. Do not email us for support you do not get any. Paying us money doesn't entitle you to anything except owning less money. Disc…

I still don't understand. $1 month is $12/year? Where does $5/year come from?
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