Mike,
Are you aware of a way to prevent (or reduce the chances of), an independantly hosted image disappearing from a Forum, should that external source alter it's codes, or if the account holder alters or rearranges their album?
Andy
Andy, given that computing is a really new introduction to man's scientific endeavours, in comparison to steam that's been around since 1712 odd, I'd say that the chances of any of these systems being around in ten years would be asking a lot !
But put it this way, Photobucket and it's like are large commercially viable systems at the moment and that goes a long way to ensuring their existence for a while yet. So I'd give them a good chance of surviving a while and the photos being available for a good while too. ....
But given that, also any member of those sites is able to mess up their listings five minutes after they have posted them, .. so the photos are as secure as the people listing them so, no, not particularly secure.
Having said that our host Martin, may Odin bless him
, may decide tomorrow that he's had enough of all the agro this forum brings him and decide to chuck it all in, whereby the whole lot's gone anyway or he may decide that whoever is hosting the site isn't really up to the job and changes server, whereby the same result applies if he is unable to move the content. ...
It's a bit of pot luck really, but the other question you should be asking is how much control do you want over anything you post on the internet ? Post it on Martin's site or any other as a direct attachment and you lose control, put it on Photobucket and you can at least delete any content you wish, when you like....
Swings and roundabouts really.... of course you could own your own domain and webspace, which I do, and post images from there which gives you even more control and many in these days of Internet lawlessness think that that is the more secure way ... As I say though in ten years all this will be no doubt all academic............
