Imagehost Problems, Imagebam, Imagevenue, PimpAndHost, PixHost, ImgBox etc - Page 21

**buttsie** · October 23rd, 2009, 09:05 PM

imagebam is starting to irritate like pimphost did not that long ago

The latest message with its offer of where to spend your time really is bizarre
Its almost like a giant ad you cant bypass

They'd be better explaining exactly what the real reason for maintenance is if they want our understanding

ImageBam is currently offline
ImageBam is currently undergoing unexpected maintenance work and will be back up at about 4 hours (01:00 GMT+1).

We apologize for the downtime.

In the meantime watch one of our favorite videos (not safe for work!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU

Or take a look at one of our favorite websites:
http://failblog.org/

Or read our favorite newspaper:
http://www.theonion.com

Your ImageBam Administrator

ifr2lax · October 26th, 2009, 03:55 PM

Noticed the stupid music playing...starting, stopping...next picture...starting stopping...are they NUTS???...I stopped looking yesterday till I realized I had to hit the "mute" button if I wanted to go on.

This does NOT make me want to use the host...the opposite.
Raging Buhddist, et al...

Now, I have noticed that IMAGEVENUE is doing it...never stopped to look to see which host it was, today I got p.ss'd off and checked. They were playing schlock classical music, then were running an advertisement for some movie

Very annoying, I guess I am not the only one who thinks so.

Question? Does the host company get paid for running the noise, and assume users will just turn off the sound if we don't like it?

Thanks...Pete

Quote:

Originally Posted by RagingBuddhist

Okay... I know the Internet's a business, and popups and pop unders are just a part of the game. They're annoying but (hopefully) easily clicked to close. BUT - when a pop under has an unnecessarily loud and bass busting soundtrack? One that wakes up everyone in the family within the 4 seconds it takes to close the window? I call that ridiculous and extreme. So I'm asking that people stop using Imagebam to upload pictures.

Do I expect this to really have an effect on their business? Not really. I guess I just wanted to vent. Then again, if enough people agree...

**DTravel** · October 26th, 2009, 05:10 PM

I avoid 95% of the crap by using a downloader (Image Host Grabber in my case, a Firefox add-on) so I don't see the pop-ups/unders/music/ads/etc.

That said, I have noticed that for most of the last week ImageBam has been very unreliable. Lots of failed connections, lots of downtime for "maintenance".

darkmoonfire · October 26th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RagingBuddhist

Okay... I know the Internet's a business, and popups and pop unders are just a part of the game. They're annoying but (hopefully) easily clicked to close. BUT - when a pop under has an unnecessarily loud and bass busting soundtrack? One that wakes up everyone in the family within the 4 seconds it takes to close the window? I call that ridiculous and extreme. So I'm asking that people stop using Imagebam to upload pictures.

Do I expect this to really have an effect on their business? Not really. I guess I just wanted to vent. Then again, if enough people agree...

The music probably is annoying (I use adblock, so I don't hear it). However the really dodgy thing with those pop under ads is that they try to connect to your computer.

I don't use noscript (because it's actually more of a hassle than the pop-unders -- fortunately few sites use pop-unders). But I do have a firewall set up, and every time that pop-under generates it tries to connect to my computer. It's easily blocked by the firewall, but if you don't have a firewall, then whomever is running that ad is harvesting info from your computer.

That plus the fact that imagebam is down for maintenance every other day means that I'm joining the chorus -- stop using that damn site PLEASE!

SwedishEroticaFan · October 27th, 2009, 09:51 AM

Noticed Imagevenue WON'T let you even look at images. Brings up annoying ads, downloads hijack software. These changes happened within the last day or so.

**buttsie** · October 27th, 2009, 10:41 AM

If any of the pictures/links on VEF via these 3rd party hosts give you an idea their infected report them

**blondifan** · October 27th, 2009, 10:46 AM

For some reason I'm only getting the "usual" webcam pop under.
Not always, but often if you click on the image. That is all I'm getting.
I've also only known Imagebam to be down once, recently.

**tuffy** · October 27th, 2009, 11:32 AM

Imagebam is down again for 3-5 hours maintenance.

Tuffy

Edit:

It's working again.

Edit2:

It's down again.

Edit3:

It's working again.

bigtampon · October 27th, 2009, 12:40 PM

""ImageBam encountered an error
The connection to the database failed.

Please try again in a minute or so.""

the permanent words, that you receive now when you try to pick pics...
not a progress :-(((

**Oswald** · October 27th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Imagebam is still down for 'maintenance'.

October 26th, 2009, 05:10 PM	#203
DTravel Lean Mean Screencap Machine Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Better you don't know. Posts: 23,804 Thanks: 10,480 Thanked 207,264 Times in 23,704 Posts	I avoid 95% of the crap by using a downloader (Image Host Grabber in my case, a Firefox add-on) so I don't see the pop-ups/unders/music/ads/etc. That said, I have noticed that for most of the last week ImageBam has been very unreliable. Lots of failed connections, lots of downtime for "maintenance". __________________ Zen and the Art of Screencapping I rage and weep for my country. I can reup screencaps, other material might have been lost.

October 27th, 2009, 11:32 AM	#208
tuffy Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 566 Thanks: 192 Thanked 12,244 Times in 432 Posts	Imagebam is down again Imagebam is down again for 3-5 hours maintenance. Tuffy Edit: It's working again. Edit2: It's down again. Edit3: It's working again. Last edited by tuffy; October 27th, 2009 at 12:43 PM.. Reason: edit3

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October 23rd, 2009, 09:05 PM	#201
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,293 Times in 12,746 Posts	imagebam is starting to irritate like pimphost did not that long ago The latest message with its offer of where to spend your time really is bizarre Its almost like a giant ad you cant bypass They'd be better explaining exactly what the real reason for maintenance is if they want our understanding ImageBam is currently offline ImageBam is currently undergoing unexpected maintenance work and will be back up at about 4 hours (01:00 GMT+1). We apologize for the downtime. In the meantime watch one of our favorite videos (not safe for work!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU Or take a look at one of our favorite websites: http://failblog.org/ Or read our favorite newspaper: http://www.theonion.com Your ImageBam Administrator

October 27th, 2009, 09:51 AM	#205
SwedishEroticaFan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 127 Thanks: 543 Thanked 909 Times in 120 Posts	Noticed Imagevenue WON'T let you even look at images. Brings up annoying ads, downloads hijack software. These changes happened within the last day or so.

October 27th, 2009, 10:41 AM	#206
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,293 Times in 12,746 Posts	If any of the pictures/links on VEF via these 3rd party hosts give you an idea their infected report them

October 27th, 2009, 10:46 AM	#207
blondifan Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,406 Thanks: 54,998 Thanked 60,209 Times in 4,401 Posts	For some reason I'm only getting the "usual" webcam pop under. Not always, but often if you click on the image. That is all I'm getting. I've also only known Imagebam to be down once, recently.

October 27th, 2009, 12:40 PM	#209
bigtampon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 151 Thanks: 11,554 Thanked 9,814 Times in 136 Posts	""ImageBam encountered an error The connection to the database failed. Please try again in a minute or so."" the permanent words, that you receive now when you try to pick pics... not a progress :-(((

October 27th, 2009, 02:18 PM	#210
Oswald Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 13,112 Thanks: 51,073 Thanked 282,459 Times in 13,802 Posts	Imagebam is still down for 'maintenance'.