Attachments Suspension

[Frank]

I don't see that much of a problem with deleting posts that are at least 2 years old.

For those who would still like to see them, there's still the Internet Wayback Machine (archive.org).
Maybe provide IWM links to the respective years, done.

[Edukator]

Any updates ?
It looks that ALL the previously uploaded pictures are gone again...
Thank you for keeping us posted.

[La Reine Margot]

Any updates ?
It looks that ALL the previously uploaded pictures are gone again...
Thank you for keeping us posted.

When the attachment option is off, the attached pictured don't upload. But they are there until we turn it on again. I'll do it soon. I'm making space.

More news later. The link to images outside the forum works fine, btw.

[La Reine Margot]

The Attachment option is on again. We're still high, at 97%, but it's better than 100%. We'll see how long it lasts. I recommend one attachment per day for those that love to attach pictures all the time.

It's better to link to outside servers, there's no limits to that.

We're still working on doing the upgrade.

More news later.

[cluseb]

If go back and edit an old post and delete an attachment do you get that memory back? Is it worth doing it?

[La Reine Margot]

If go back and edit an old post and delete an attachment do you get that memory back? Is it worth doing it?

One attachment doesn't make a lot of difference, but sure, it does give back a bit more memory. What we need to do is increase the capacity, from 250,000 to 400,000 to really get things to a better place. That will triple the cost of the hosting and eventually even that will not be enough, so we're looking into alternatives.

We're limiting the number of attachments for now, to 1 per post, until we get this thing resolve.

[BobDarkroom]

If go back and edit an old post and delete an attachment do you get that memory back? Is it worth doing it?

One attachment doesn't make a lot of difference, but sure, it does give back a bit more memory. What we need to do is increase the capacity, from 250,000 to 400,000 to really get things to a better place. That will triple the cost of the hosting and eventually even that will not be enough, so we're looking into alternatives.

We're limiting the number of attachments for now, to 1 per post, until we get this thing resolve.

I really don't understand why you try keeping everything and seem to be going for increased storage capacity in spite of the high cost. This is just postponing the issue again till the forum reaches the new storage limit.
Is it really that difficult to go for a mass delete of everything older than a few years?

[Edukator]

If go back and edit an old post and delete an attachment do you get that memory back? Is it worth doing it?

One attachment doesn't make a lot of difference, but sure, it does give back a bit more memory. What we need to do is increase the capacity, from 250,000 to 400,000 to really get things to a better place. That will triple the cost of the hosting and eventually even that will not be enough, so we're looking into alternatives.

We're limiting the number of attachments for now, to 1 per post, until we get this thing resolve.

I really don't understand why you try keeping everything and seem to be going for increased storage capacity in spite of the high cost. This is just postponing the issue again till the forum reaches the new storage limit.
Is it really that difficult to go for a mass delete of everything older than a few years?

This has been repeated many many times... and is the ONLY long term solution to this problem.
And all forum members seems to agree with this option.
Much better than limiting or suspending new attachments.
This was primarily a picture-driven forum, please don't let it die.

[stemur]

This is an excellent conversation. I'm glad there are skilled people to handle it. The Gimp is important to me.
I'm just discovering some of the freekin fantastic stuff by
Artur-AE
and
The perils of Jennifer
under
Art Contributions . . .
. . . lotta great talent passin throu here!
.

[yyy02]

Yes! I think of all the original art posted by artists such as Artur-AE, SkatingJesus, Bleumune, WillieMacJ, to name a few. It'd be really sad to miss out on their posts.

Thank you to La Reine Margot for keeping us going.