TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk

[bitmover]

@bitmover I have an account there, but for now I prefer not to go there and talk about the topic. You can share this post, as the subject will be discussed.

Thanks. I shared your post there.

Eventually, you'll run out of bandwidth. If you limit yourself to Bitcointalk, you can be pretty sure you'll never have to create a server farm. If you go full scale image hosting, things can get very big very quickly. Going viral once would be enough to give you weeks of work

If you don't manually block other domains, people will use it
A lot of people are already using in altcoinstalks.com

However, if you block altcoinatalks, as many users use both forums, some peopl e will probably move to imgdb or any other service that will fit in both.

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If the Bitcointalk community doesn't oppose the idea, I won't oppose it either. And I will be able to reconfigure the server, to give greater freedom and guarantees in operating in other locations. What is your opinion?

I used the same image link several times on both forums. Sounds like a good solution to me.

You just have to keep in mind that regular backups are made, and there are users who make a copy of all images. The rules are those in this topic. And support will always be provided only here, and with priority for Bitcointalk. Furthermore, if you want to use it, donations are welcome to support the project so that it can continue.

This thing will expand more and more over time, and it will go beyond the hobby. Also, if you are already registered there, and obviously, the use of talkimg on that forum will not be denied, why don't you at least open an ANN page with donation addresses?
If the service is already being used, why don't the others have the opportunity to become familiar with it and maybe also support?

[joker_josue]

If the Bitcointalk community doesn't oppose the idea, I won't oppose it either. And I will be able to reconfigure the server, to give greater freedom and guarantees in operating in other locations. What is your opinion?

Eventually, you'll run out of bandwidth. If you limit yourself to Bitcointalk, you can be pretty sure you'll never have to create a server farm. If you go full scale image hosting, things can get very big very quickly. Going viral once would be enough to give you weeks of work

You just have to keep in mind that regular backups are made, and there are users who make a copy of all images.

It would be nice if you can separate images per domain. I'm currently storing 30 GB of image backups. I like keeping a backup for Bitcointalk, but if other domains upload a lot of images, it's a waste of my disk space.

I don't have issues with bandwidth, but I do have issues with Inode Limit. Which for now is under control.

To create another domain would be almost a new project, and it would complicate management. I can try to look at some alternatives, but it would always depend on whether users respected them or not.

I also don't want to scale without control and the priority is always bitcointalk. But, your tips gave me some ideas, which I'm going to look into.

This thing will expand more and more over time, and it will go beyond the hobby. Also, if you are already registered there, and obviously, the use of talkimg on that forum will not be denied, why don't you at least open an ANN page with donation addresses?
If the service is already being used, why don't the others have the opportunity to become familiar with it and maybe also support?

I wasn't planning on doing that already. But maybe it's a good age to see what kind of support they'd be willing to give.

I'll try to make time to do that.

[bitmover]

This thing will expand more and more over time, and it will go beyond the hobby. Also, if you are already registered there, and obviously, the use of talkimg on that forum will not be denied, why don't you at least open an ANN page with donation addresses?
If the service is already being used, why don't the others have the opportunity to become familiar with it and maybe also support?

I wasn't planning on doing that already. But maybe it's a good age to see what kind of support they'd be willing to give.

I'll try to make time to do that.

You can basically copy paste this ann there. I think it is worth the effort.

You will also have to teleport so you can post images 

[LoyceV]

I don't have issues with bandwidth

I meant in the future, when your image host goes viral.

I do have issues with Inode Limit. Which for now is under control.

The Linux default is about 58 million inodes per TB. How many did you have?

To create another domain would be almost a new project, and it would complicate management. I can try to look at some alternatives, but it would always depend on whether users respected them or not.

A sub-domain may work: whateversite.talkimg.com. If you can enforce it so each image only loads on a certain site, they'll have to respect it.

I also don't want to scale without control

That was my concern indeed.

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I wasn't planning on doing that already. But maybe it's a good age to see what kind of support they'd be willing to give.

I'll try to make time to do that.

You can basically copy paste this ann there. I think it is worth the effort.

You will also have to teleport so you can post images 

He can ask someone who is already active there to open an unofficial topic referencing this thread. 
I don't know what to expect from it, but it requires very little effort.

[joker_josue]

The Linux default is about 58 million inodes per TB. How many did you have?

I think we've talked about this before. But, whatever service I'm using, I have a higher limit. Either way, for now the service is viable for our needs, and therefore, I don't need to change it. In the future, I have the possibility to improve this aspect.

A sub-domain may work: whateversite.talkimg.com. If you can enforce it so each image only loads on a certain site, they'll have to respect it.

The issue is not having a subdomain, the issue is that I will have two administration areas. In turn, I had to manually create locks on each domain, so this management really required itself. Because, hotlinking is not always efficient. Basically, it would be like creating two websites, even if the same hosting is used.

It would be nice if you can separate images per domain. I'm currently storing 30 GB of image backups. I like keeping a backup for Bitcointalk, but if other domains upload a lot of images, it's a waste of my disk space.

Going back a little.
I believe you automatically save the backup zip files. But, would you have the ability to check between the image links posted, and the images that are in the backup?

You can basically copy paste this ann there. I think it is worth the effort.

You will also have to teleport so you can post images  

He can ask someone who is already active there to open an unofficial topic referencing this thread.  
I don't know what to expect from it, but it requires very little effort.

I have no problem putting a topic there. I just don't want to give support there - I don't have time to deal with two support topics (it doesn't even make sense).
I'll think about it.


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Note for users: the service continues to have hotlinks configured to only work on bitcointalk. Use in other locations may not be guaranteed over time.

[LoyceV]

It would be nice if you can separate images per domain. I'm currently storing 30 GB of image backups. I like keeping a backup for Bitcointalk, but if other domains upload a lot of images, it's a waste of my disk space.

Going back a little.
I believe you automatically save the backup zip files. But, would you have the ability to check between the image links posted, and the images that are in the backup?

That's not possible: I can't know when someone edits old posts and replaces a broken image link with TalkImg.

[dkbit98]

If the Bitcointalk community doesn't oppose the idea, I won't oppose it either. And I will be able to reconfigure the server, to give greater freedom and guarantees in operating in other locations. What is your opinion?

You don't have unlimited resources so I would be very careful in spreading TalkImg service to other forums, especially if there are no donations coming from other forums.
I don't think there are no imgur limitations in other forums, like there are in bitcointalk, so members can use imgur and other alternative instead.
On the other hand, there is a chance that spreading the word about TalkImg could bring you more income, and that means more resources.

[joker_josue]

 
 Statistics  March 2024____________________
TalkImg is almost a year old, and it has been a success, and for that I thank everyone. I'm in the final phase of implementing some technical updates, which will probably be released next month.

We recently tried adding the upload via link option, but it didn't work as expected. I don't know if the planned updates correct this functionality, but at least I want you to know that the idea is to continue to grow this project.

This month added another statistical factor: the three uploaded images, which were most viewed. The values are estimated, but I believe it will be another interesting element for the statistics. Hope you like it.


Here are the numbers for the month:

	Number of uploads in the month:  6 734 (+192 that in the last month)
	Total disk space in the month:  2.14GB (+0.18 that in the last month)
	Number of visits to the talkimg.com website in the month: 6 546 (+645 that in the last month)  Estimated number of times images were viewed on the forum in the month (hits): 3 461 888 (+254k that in the last month)  Bandwidth in the month: 606GB (+135 that in the last month)

Top 3 Images Viewed
The 3 images uploaded this month with the most views (estimated value):

	7314 hits	6061 hits	4623 hits

[Mate2237]

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Wow! This is nice. You are doing well with the project and the new ideas that will make the project work more effective are good ones to insert. But I will also like to know or ask a question. Because I have heard people were discussing about it. And some said yes while some said no. So I want to know if this your image hosting or uploading service is allowed to be use in another website. Because it has been a deliberation among us so I want you to clarify us. Can we use it in another site to up load images?

[xLays]

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Wow! This is nice. You are doing well with the project and the new ideas that will make the project work more effective are good ones to insert. But I will also like to know or ask a question. Because I have heard people were discussing about it. And some said yes while some said no. So I want to know if this your image hosting or uploading service is allowed to be use in another website. Because it has been a deliberation among us so I want you to clarify us. Can we use it in another site to up load images?

You can use this on other websites or forums to upload or attach images to your post, but I don't think Joker_josue recommends this from what I know. It's better to stay this here in Bitcointalk because it's designed for this platform.But I've also used this several times on other forums without any issues. It's up to you if you want to use this on other websites.

[joker_josue]

Wow! This is nice. You are doing well with the project and the new ideas that will make the project work more effective are good ones to insert. But I will also like to know or ask a question. Because I have heard people were discussing about it. And some said yes while some said no. So I want to know if this your image hosting or uploading service is allowed to be use in another website. Because it has been a deliberation among us so I want you to clarify us. Can we use it in another site to up load images?

The platform is open to the general public, but was designed to only work on Bitcointalk. What does that mean?

The server is configured with exclusive hotlinks for the forum image proxy. In other words, the image links should only work on the forum. Requests for access to the image from other websites may be blocked by the server, meaning the image will not be displayed.

This does not mean that the images will not be displayed on other sites/forums. But, I cannot guarantee that this will always happen. The system is automatic, and at any time a website can be blocked by the system and no longer be displayed.

In short, although it is discouraged, you can use the images in forums other than Bitcointalk, but I cannot guarantee how long these images will be visible in these other forums.

[Mate2237]

You can use this on other websites or forums to upload or attach images to your post, but I don't think Joker_josue recommends this from what I know. It's better to stay this here in Bitcointalk because it's designed for this platform.But I've also used this several times on other forums without any issues. It's up to you if you want to use this on other websites.

Then you would have allowed Joker_josue to reply the post and know from there since you are not sure of it. You are not the developer and he has not mentioned in somewhere that we can use it in another website to upload images. We all know that it works in other websites but remember it was because of the misbehaviour of imgur image hosting company that made all the images in Bitcointalk forum to disappear and for him to create this and mainly for here and someone was saying that if we what to use it in another website, we have to ask the developer Joker_josue to approve first before we can use it. And that is why I am asking him and you came here to complete you weekly quota.

Men not all discussions are for signature purpose but foe serious discussions.

[joker_josue]

You can use this on other websites or forums to upload or attach images to your post, but I don't think Joker_josue recommends this from what I know. It's better to stay this here in Bitcointalk because it's designed for this platform.But I've also used this several times on other forums without any issues. It's up to you if you want to use this on other websites.

Then you would have allowed Joker_josue to reply the post and know from there since you are not sure of it. You are not the developer and he has not mentioned in somewhere that we can use it in another website to upload images. We all know that it works in other websites but remember it was because of the misbehaviour of imgur image hosting company that made all the images in Bitcointalk forum to disappear and for him to create this and mainly for here and someone was saying that if we what to use it in another website, we have to ask the developer Joker_josue to approve first before we can use it. And that is why I am asking him and you came here to complete you weekly quota.

Men not all discussions are for signature purpose but foe serious discussions.

But @xLays didn't comment anything wrong. That's why it's not worth going down that path. 

In recent times, there have been several requests for it to be used on other sites in a more "safe" way. It is something that is on my analysis list, as I have to understand both the impact and other aspects that are currently involved. One of these points is the backup system, which would be complicated to separate the images used between the various platforms. Anyway, it's something for analysis, but for now it's recommended to just use it here on the forum. There are no guarantees of use in other locations.

[DYING_S0UL]

Dear joker_josue

I had a question! Why don't you add a tool like image compressor in talkimg, so that we won't have to scroll through other websites or add a buildin image compressor software that will compress big images automatically if anybody tried to upload images that are more then 3mb?!

I get it, normal images taken from internet aren't that big and most of the time users are using that. But when sharing personal images for example "An image of a Pie" which I made recently for the Bitcointalk pie baking contest, I had a quite headache uploading them to BTT. I had to manually resize every images. And nowadays, an image taken from an smartphone are never less then 3mb.

I assume you understand what I was trying to say, and will elaborate further what could be the problems when implementing these changes and if you intend to add them in the future?!

-DS 🧛‍♂️

[joker_josue]

I assume you understand what I was trying to say, and will elaborate further what could be the problems when implementing these changes and if you intend to add them in the future?!

Right now I already have a tool that allows to do this compression: https://zip.talkimg.com/

I don't know yet if in the next major upgrade, I will be able to have it integrated directly into the main platform. But, I will at least give this tool more prominence on the platform, so that it is more easily accessible to everyone.

[DYING_S0UL]

Right now I already have a tool that allows to do this compression: https://zip.talkimg.com/

I don't know yet if in the next major upgrade, I will be able to have it integrated directly into the main platform. But, I will at least give this tool more prominence on the platform, so that it is more easily accessible to everyone.

Oh I see, the main website didn't have any option for this https://zip.talkimg.com/.

BTW even if you don't add it directly into the main platform, it be better if there were some kinds of links or option that will re-direct us to the compressor tool, in case someone needs it. All I'm saying  a little visibility would be better.

[joker_josue]

BTW even if you don't add it directly into the main platform, it be better if there were some kinds of links or option that will re-direct us to the compressor tool, in case someone needs it. All I'm saying  a little visibility would be better.

Yes it is true. I just didn't do it before, because it was in beta. But even in beta it is efficient and useful. So I will change that soon.

[criptoevangelista]

I don't know if anyone has already asked about this... But is there a possibility of adding an more option for you to define the image height size?

for example, in the image I posted, I would just like the link to come with the height... the rest I think the forum itself adjusts automatically...

I left the image links as code below as an example

Code:

[img height=232 width=847]https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/04/19/joVh9.jpeg[/img]

Code:

[img height=232]https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/04/19/joVh9.jpeg[/img]