this is you when you make a snowclone

Obā-san

glennmagusharvey

that image isn't hosted on a dedicated image host

Obā-san

glennmagusharvey said:

that image isn't hosted on a dedicated image host

lee4hmz

hey, as long as they're not doing that "WE HATE DEEP LINKS HURR DURR" shit, I don't mind

Princess Alice

honestly the main reason for that rule was that occasionally hotlinked images from certain shadier sites would make avast or avg whine

but google now brands us as "this site may be hacked" anyways, which i guess is not going away any time soon >_<

Obā-san

times where i have rehosted an image in order to be in compliance with that rule: 0

Section42L

I did it a few times early on, but I gave up after I realized nobody else was doing it anyway.

Tachyon

i do, because forum rules are important and must be followed at all times

Yarrun XIX

Central Avenue said:

honestly the main reason for that rule was that occasionally hotlinked images from certain shadier sites would make avast or avg whine

but google now brands us as "this site may be hacked" anyways, which i guess is not going away any time soon >_<

It's like the keep out sign outside of the Batcave. It has its purpose.

Corvina

Yarrun XIX said:

Central Avenue said:

honestly the main reason for that rule was that occasionally hotlinked images from certain shadier sites would make avast or avg whine

but google now brands us as "this site may be hacked" anyways, which i guess is not going away any time soon >_<

It's like the keep out sign outside of the Batcave. It has its purpose.

Wait, there's a keep out sign outside the Batcave? Wouldn't that just draw more people in?

Imipolex G

THIS IS THE BATCAVE, WHERE BATMAN DOES HIS STUFF

PLEASE STAY OUT OK

Tachyon

in neon letters

glennmagusharvey

it's about ethics in for tourism money

glennmagusharvey

also i've actually gone and rehosted everything i upload on my own photobucket

that's why there are so many images in my reupload folder