08-28-2015, 06:00 AM
(08-28-2015, 05:25 AM)kennyw_imp Wrote: I consider the bulletin boards "old school" as far as web services go. I have seen a lot of photo hosting sites come and go over the last 15+ years using them. Bulletin board software has not evolved as fast as other social media websites in terms of photo hosting.
And there is a reason for this. Most bulletin boards are privately run with private money and hosting pictures takes space and therefore more money.
Social media sites are run by rather LARGE companies that sell advertising space and have their own servers so they can afford to host as many pictures as they want. They probably sell information on their users to make even more money, but that is neither here nor there.
The point being it would be nice to be able to just upload pics with the click of a button, but the reality is that it's just not practical for the environment that we are communicating in.
You can always add an attachment, but that drastically limits the size of the file being uploaded and as such, in some cases, the quality of the photo. It also eats up both storage space AND monthly data usage. By hosting the photos off site you cut down on the sites data usage and it costs Guth less to operate (please correct me if I'm wrong about this) because he doesn't need to upgrade his usage with his host.
My $.02