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This was the reason why I created http://img42.com http://img42.com. They bombard you with ads, and other "features". I wanted something where I could just clic

This was the reason why I created http://img42.com http://img42.com. They bombard you with ads, and other "features". I wanted something where I could just click, drag and drop, or pate and it would be uploaded.

krackers 10y ago
Neat service. How do you plan to offset the hosting, storage, and bandwidth costs though?
- chadscira 10y ago
  Costs haven't been that bad, I have floated it since 2012 (only around 1M images have been uploaded). But I have some scalable plans if it were to take off without breaking the bank.
robbbbbbbbb 10y ago
What an awesome UI, I love it. Thanks for making something so cool.
- chadscira 10y ago
  I have long overdue v2v2 (killed the original v2) update for the UI. I'll try to post it on HN when I complete it. The UI you see now was done in 2012.
JorgeGT 10y ago
> I got fed up with all the other image hosts out there so I made my own. It doesn't force you to compress your images, and it has neat things like crop, resize, rotate, and compression from 10-100. It's my gift to you. Let's not see anymore imageshack/photobucket around here ;) I'll be listening if anyone has some suggestions. EDIT: The server was moved off of shared hosting after about 4 hours of release. It's now on a dedicated server with a 100mb port. EDIT2: This is an old post and it's no longer on just one 1 dedicated server. It's on many, and utilizes a CDN provided by Voxel. This was the original post [0] announcing the creation of imgur 7 years ago. Maybe in 7 years from now you have your own img42 image hosting emporium! :) --- [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting/c07u7kr https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_t...
- chadscira 10y ago
  Haha, these posts do look very similar. I have been hosting img42 off a $5 a mo/ droplet :P. It has served XXm+ impressions, and 1m uploads since its creation. I also have been sustaining a ~3m a day DDOS from Russia for about a year now.
corobo 10y ago
"easy temporary image hosting" - How long do images last before being removed? It was actually that drawback that lead me to making/using my own image host! With my own host, files that were uploaded back in 2012 when it first started working are still there - with the same URL (despite URL scheme changing since then)
- chadscira 10y ago
  You can change the image lifespan to forever. The site has been around since 2012, and images are still up.
  - corobo 10y ago
    Awesome, also interesting we both bailed on imgur at the same time. It must have been around then it got unbearable!
    - chadscira 10y ago
      Yeah they transitioned into becoming a social network... I cant believe they were able to maintain traffic after adding so much friction -_-

krackers 10y ago

Neat service. How do you plan to offset the hosting, storage, and bandwidth costs though?

chadscira 10y ago
Costs haven't been that bad, I have floated it since 2012 (only around 1M images have been uploaded). But I have some scalable plans if it were to take off without breaking the bank.

robbbbbbbbb 10y ago

What an awesome UI, I love it. Thanks for making something so cool.

chadscira 10y ago
I have long overdue v2v2 (killed the original v2) update for the UI. I'll try to post it on HN when I complete it. The UI you see now was done in 2012.

JorgeGT 10y ago

> I got fed up with all the other image hosts out there so I made my own. It doesn't force you to compress your images, and it has neat things like crop, resize, rotate, and compression from 10-100. It's my gift to you. Let's not see anymore imageshack/photobucket around here ;) I'll be listening if anyone has some suggestions. EDIT: The server was moved off of shared hosting after about 4 hours of release. It's now on a dedicated server with a 100mb port. EDIT2: This is an old post and it's no longer on just one 1 dedicated server. It's on many, and utilizes a CDN provided by Voxel. This was the original post [0] announcing the creation of imgur 7 years ago. Maybe in 7 years from now you have your own img42 image hosting emporium! :) --- [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting/c07u7kr https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_t...

chadscira 10y ago
Haha, these posts do look very similar. I have been hosting img42 off a $5 a mo/ droplet :P. It has served XXm+ impressions, and 1m uploads since its creation. I also have been sustaining a ~3m a day DDOS from Russia for about a year now.

corobo 10y ago

"easy temporary image hosting" - How long do images last before being removed? It was actually that drawback that lead me to making/using my own image host! With my own host, files that were uploaded back in 2012 when it first started working are still there - with the same URL (despite URL scheme changing since then)

chadscira 10y ago
You can change the image lifespan to forever. The site has been around since 2012, and images are still up.
- corobo 10y ago
  Awesome, also interesting we both bailed on imgur at the same time. It must have been around then it got unbearable!
  - chadscira 10y ago
    Yeah they transitioned into becoming a social network... I cant believe they were able to maintain traffic after adding so much friction -_-