Imgur images suddenly became invalid?

[UmerIdrees]

2- If the automated image replacing process does not work, when you have downloaded thousand of images, how will we identify that this is that particular image unless we open every image and see what it contains  

If changing the links on the forum doesn't work out, at least I'll have the images. You could find them back from the file name in the post. But I doubt even 1% of the images will be updated manually, which still leaves about a million dead links.

First, how did you name the images ? Because when we upload the image, its original name is not uploaded anywhere  

Secondly, if the final database will look like this https://loyce.club/other/, I don't know how it is any benefit except that we are satisfied that we have all the images saved but we can't find any of our interests.

Is it possible, that you can filter the images to bitcointalk threads like all the images under the WO thread may appear in the WO folder or something like that?
Also if it can also filter the image based on who uploaded it. For example, if want to see all the images that I uploaded I can just filter on my username. Don't know if such things are even possible or not  

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[LoyceV]

First, how did you name the images ? Because when we upload the image, its original name is not uploaded anywhere  

I didn't name them, imgur.com did. So the name can be found in each post.

Secondly, if the final database will look like this https://loyce.club/other/, I don't know how it is any benefit except that we are satisfied that we have all the images saved but we can't find any of our interests.

It's only useful if you know which file(name) you're looking for.

Is it possible, that you can filter the images to bitcointalk threads like all the images under the WO thread may appear in the WO folder or something like that?

I wasn't planning to do that, the list will be too long anyway.

Also if it can also filter the image based on who uploaded it. For example, if want to see all the images that I uploaded I can just filter on my username. Don't know if such things are even possible or not  

I can't know who uploaded an image, but I'm planning to make a .zip for all imgur-images posted by a user. That will include quoted images.

[joker_josue]

I can't know who uploaded an image, but I'm planning to make a .zip for all imgur-images posted by a user. That will include quoted images.

Will TryNinja later (when I have everything updated) be able to make a script to upload the images from your server to TalkImg?
Thus, each user would have to update this information.

It could be a way to initially manage all this information. What do you think?

[LoyceV]

Will TryNinja later (when I have everything updated) be able to make a script to upload the images from your server to TalkImg?
Thus, each user would have to update this information.

It could be a way to initially manage all this information. What do you think?

I'm pretty sure TryNinja can do it, but I still hope theymos will work his magic to replace all imgur-links at once. If users have to do it on their own, the large majority of images will remain missing.

I've finished my download. Can I bore you with 146 GB and 801,000 images?

[joker_josue]

I've finished my download. Can I bore you with 146 GB and 801,000 images?

I think so!

This number might be able to be reduced if we could find out which ones users have already changed.
Can you filter this by post/upload date?

Another thing I was thinking about: changing the link to the images, without the users' authorization, wouldn't that be considered a violation of privacy?
I think it was preferable, at an early stage, for the process to be done via a TryNinja script, rather than doing everything via BD editing.

[LoyceV]

This number might be able to be reduced if we could find out which ones users have already changed.
Can you filter this by post/upload date?

I can't easily do that, and many images are posted more than once (including quotes). The total reduction of users who updated their links so far will be <1%, so I don't think it's worth the effort (for now).

Another thing I was thinking about: changing the link to the images, without the users' authorization, wouldn't that be considered a violation of privacy?

I don't know.

I think it was preferable, at an early stage, for the process to be done via a TryNinja script, rather than doing everything via BD editing.

That works for active users, but not for the majority of posts.

Update: I can easily sort files by upload date: all files come with a timestamp.

[shahzadafzal]

I've finished my download. Can I bore you with 146 GB and 801,000 images?

Wow well done LoyceV at least we have the images now, later we can think what to do next

So it's almost 182kb / image  that's not bad.

[Porfirii]

I've finished my download. Can I bore you with 146 GB and 801,000 images?

Wow well done LoyceV at least we have the images now, later we can think what to do next

So it's almost 182kb / image  that's not bad.

We always come back to the same problem with uploading images to external servers, thanks that we have now TalkImg and the problem will be reduced from now on. I don't use Imgur personally but the disappearance of many pictures in the forum is obvious. If there is a way to load them all at once it would be great, even if it supposes editing the url: I think that the motivation to share the image will be the same regardless the exact url used to do it, and no violation can be blamed on fixing them all.

At least, we have the choice.

[Litzki1990]

Maybe sometimes network problem can cause this kind of problem or if network is slow then sometimes this kind of problem occurs. I think this is a technical problem of imgur entirely.

[8rch7]

All my post using imgur link uploading image in Bitcointalk forum have been invalid link and image can't show well again, right now move from imgur with imgbb and choose with this option Don't autodeleted if want our image keep existing until for the long term. I don't know how to recovery with several my post upload image trough imgur because some of image have been deleted in my computer and not any file save on mobile phone.

[joker_josue]

All my post using imgur link uploading image in Bitcointalk forum have been invalid link and image can't show well again, right now move from imgur with imgbb and choose with this option Don't autodeleted if want our image keep existing until for the long term. I don't know how to recovery with several my post upload image trough imgur because some of image have been deleted in my computer and not any file save on mobile phone.

Try this script that was made by TryNinja. Maybe it can help with this migration job from one service to another.
[Script] Imgur to TalkImg - automatically fix your broken images