Where do you post your photos before uploading to DoA?

I use Flickr but it's very finicky. You can only copy the bb code to paste here on the desktop version easily, so if I'm on my phone I have to switch to the desktop version to share. Additionally, it seems that pictures over a certain size from Flickr have a higher tendency to become broken links, so I usually only share medium sizes.

 

Can't help you, I'm afraid - I switched to Flickr when Photobucket tried to stiff everyone and have been happily using Flickr ever since.

Teddy

 

I use Imgur. I just posted a recent comment in another thread on how to do this, but if you're familiar with copy/paste of BBC code into the forum from before, it should be relatively straightforward. Let me know if you need any help if you decide to use Imgur!

 

@SmoteyMote Oh, yeah, for sure. I set all my posts to private, but I share the direct links to people when I want to share my documentations directly. Haven't had any issues so far, but understand where you're coming from

 

Yes. I don't own a mobile phone so that aspect isn't an issue for me

Plus, I regard photography as a "necessary evil" of sharing my dolls online so don't take huge numbers of pictures. It's not something I actively enjoy doing.

Teddy

 

To post to DoA I upload to a random photo host. For a space to share my photos with the community, I use Instagram. I like the Instagram community but it crops everything to a square and lowers the quality, which is annoying. Personally I can't think of a site that ticks the boxes you're asking for, Flickr would be the closest but it's not really that active with doll folks anymore since all the changes and as you mentioned the cost.

 

Blogger. I have a public blog that consists of a ton of untitled posts filled with random doll pictures. It's easy and it garuntees my photos won't expire. And as there's no text and the blog's untitled, I'm not too worried about someone running across it.

 

oh that is useful, thank you!

 

I have kept using Flickr all these years. I went ahead and got the yearly pro subscription because I enjoy taking photos (plus yearly was cheapest option). Also no other site is as easy to use (for me at least). I take photos on my phone occasionally for Instagram, but as said earlier it's quality is just not the best. I wish I had other options for you. Maybe one of the above suggestions from others will work?

 

I also still use Flickr (since about 2009 I think) as a host - I haven't found anything better, but also I have like, over 2000 photos there, so it's not really easy to consider moving somewhere else. And I feel like in the grand scheme of posting, more people have had issues with other sites and getting photos to work than they have flickr. The mobile thing is a pain - I mean, I can upload to flickr from my phone, why can't I take them off as easily?! - but I feel like the pros still outweigh the cons. I've also been paying for it off and on since I joined, so suddenly having to pay a fee wasn't as horrible for me as it might have been for those just using the free service.

Does instagram even have a hosting option?? I didn't know you could post from there to other sites. I mostly post there these days for viewing and looking at other's photos, but I don't share from insta. If you use the hashtags well, you can reach a pretty large audience on instagram, if that's what you're looking for. Most of the people I followed on both DA and Flickr post to instagram regularly so it's easy to keep in touch with all of them there.

 

I make a private pinterest board for mine. Not sure I would reccomended it for sharing, since it's easy for people to steal images, but it does let me share pictures easily.

 

I post on Instagram some and to share on here I use discord as my host.

 

Mostly Discord.

 

I use Flickr. I don’t share many photos here except in the marketplace and doll profiles, so the limit isn’t really an issue for me. I use Instagram instead for posting photos.