Hosting images - Should we or shouldn^t we? page 1
oblivion 20th January 2012, 10:57 PM There are 2 or 3 discussions that have cropped up about specific vbulletin features that use server-hosting for images. The early decisions/discussions around hosting images were that MR would not host images. We've modified that policy for avatars, and there has been some support for modifying the policy with respect to profile images and attachments. Today the question of turning vbulletin user gallery feature came up. I think it would be better to deal with these questions in whole rather than piecemeal. Hence this thread. attachments and avatars are all visible in threads, so if someone were to upload something that the webhosting company would object to (porn or illegal content), it would be noticed. Profile pictures are only visible when clicking on someone's profile page. User galleries are similar - the images don't necessarily show up in threads, so an image that could cause MR problems with the webhost might not be ...