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Posts with pic8 links work like this:

If I tap on the icon to open it within poal, it only gives a spinning icon on a slightly larger post preview. Nothing else. If I just go on to the next post and try that one, I get another spinning icon. Usually, if I get five or six going at once, then eventually (30-90 seconds) they will all open at once. Trying to directly open the picture in a new tab usually will time out, although if I go through the process of opening five or six and waiting, then eventually new tabs will open the pictures. Mostly I've started skipping pic 8 posts entirely if I am paying attention.

The times I've tried posting pictures there, all I ever get is a green bar and a message that says "uploading picture." Never anything else. I've tried uploading multiple images, thinking that it behaves the same way - 5 or 6 at once to wake up their server and get the hard drive spinning, but I don't think I've ever succeeded. (Quick check in my history... turns out I succeeded twice 3 months ago.)

Browsers: Brave, Opera, Chrome, Edge

Platforms: Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04, a couple of Android phones and tablets, and just for kicks a raspberry pi running raspbian and whatever the default browser that uses.

Hard wired, wifi, cell data, at home or work or anywhere else.

Any thoughts on a better hosting service?

Posts with pic8 links work like this: If I tap on the icon to open it within poal, it only gives a spinning icon on a slightly larger post preview. Nothing else. If I just go on to the next post and try that one, I get another spinning icon. Usually, if I get five or six going at once, then eventually (30-90 seconds) they will all open at once. Trying to directly open the picture in a new tab usually will time out, although if I go through the process of opening five or six and waiting, then eventually new tabs will open the pictures. Mostly I've started skipping pic 8 posts entirely if I am paying attention. The times I've tried posting pictures there, all I ever get is a green bar and a message that says "uploading picture." Never anything else. I've tried uploading multiple images, thinking that it behaves the same way - 5 or 6 at once to wake up their server and get the hard drive spinning, but I don't think I've ever succeeded. (Quick check in my history... turns out I succeeded twice 3 months ago.) Browsers: Brave, Opera, Chrome, Edge Platforms: Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04, a couple of Android phones and tablets, and just for kicks a raspberry pi running raspbian and whatever the default browser that uses. Hard wired, wifi, cell data, at home or work or anywhere else. Any thoughts on a better hosting service?

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[–] • 4 pts 3y

Had some frustration with pic8 every now and then.

Basically three scenarios: - Won't work at all. - Works, but lots of lag. - Some pics work, some won't load for ages or at all. Which is the weirdest one.

[–] • 1 pt 3y

Try limiting yourself to below 1 mb, pic8 won't automatically compress things.

[–] • 0 pt 3y

Pic8 doesn't resize/compress submitted image files/links.

It only strips off metadata to preserve privacy.

[–] • 0 pt 3y

Pic8 doesn't resize/compress submitted image files/links.

It should. There is no reason to have 32 mb memes or whatever resolution people accidentally upload from their phones.

At least it should require a specially ticked box if someone absolutely wants to dump some 10 page 4chan screen grab.