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I just posted an image link hosted on catbox.moe, it was automatically rehosted on Pic8.co.

Why is there only one image host on Poal.co?

Why is Pic8 forced on users?

How many morons have already forgotten what happens when you depend on a single image host?

So made pic8 mandatory and now is asking for money "because of the influx".

Pic8 isn't running bad because of the influx, it's running bad because the admin forced it to become overloaded.

Wake up sheeple

I just posted an image link hosted on catbox.moe, it was automatically rehosted on Pic8.co. Why is there only one image host on Poal.co? Why is Pic8 forced on users? How many morons have already forgotten what happens when you depend on a single image host? So @AOU made pic8 mandatory and now @Picman is asking for money "because of the influx". Pic8 isn't running bad because of the influx, it's running bad because the admin forced it to become overloaded. Wake up sheeple

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Pic8 isn't running bad because of the influx, it's running bad because the admin forced it to become overloaded.

You don't really get how websites work, do you. If a site cannot handle increased traffic, it needs to improve either: 1) The code efficiency, 2) The server hardware. The answer isn't "stop people from using the site so much" lol

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Aren't you concerned that a site like Poal relies solely on a single "image hosting" site?

If posts weren't automatically re-uploaded to your site, would you need money to expand?

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No it doesn't concern me. It's not mandatory, it's just the default.

The purpose of pic8 is to host images across multiple image hosts. That way, if one or more image hosts go down, the others will still be available. This keeps images around, whether they're censored from a host, or a host goes down.

Pic8 was long overdue for a host upgrade to begin with. The influx simply gave me the motivation

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If pic8 goes down for whatever reason, Poal will be devoid of most multimedia content, no? There's still a single point of failure because no matter how many sites host the image, you're the gatekeeper to those links.

Shouldn't the option be to backup content instead of it being "no, don't back it up".

So if users don't put all their eggs in one basket, Pic8 won't be in a rush to upgrade?

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Why ask questions if you just guess answer them yourself? 😂

Why is Pic8 forced on users?

You can disable it when you post an image link.

Pic8 has been closely related to poal because it’s owner/creator is a faggot here .

Check out https://pic8.co/about

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Why ask questions if you just guess answer them yourself?

Citation required.

You can disable it when you post an image link.

Why have it re-upload to pic8 unless you untick the box? What's the logic behind this?

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Why have it re-upload to pic8 unless you untick the box? What's the logic behind this?

It's an anti-censorship move. Read the about page of pic8 homeslice. All the answers in life aren't just given to you.

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There's no mention of censorship at all on that page.

There's also nothing to answer my question there.

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That’s the logic here.

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Why are you avoiding answering a simple question? Is the subject one you'd like to avoid discussing openly ?

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Anyone that’s been on these sites for long at all has seen several image hosts get shut down and then all the links are broken. Kikes love spamming them with child porn

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All you have to do is untick the box, dummy.

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You're smarter than this, connect the dots m8.

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Your title is wrong and your body is wrong. Pic8 is not mandatory. The option to use it is just the default.