Automatically grab & backup posted images

[Sanqui]

When somebody posts an image, scrape it and re-host it locally to prevent any more photobuckets. Linkrot is hell.

[Xkeeper0]

Too many possible issues:

• We'd have to store every image, which could get extremely large
• How would we determine when to swap out a link for a locally stored one?
• What about dynamic images?

[Sanqui]

We'd have to store every image, which could get extremely large

This is fair, but it's sad that space is an issue in this day and age.

How would we determine when to swap out a link for a locally stored one?

Either swap it out immediately, or do a daily-weekly-monthly (really doesn't matter) check for linkrot.

What about dynamic images?

If they die, they're not dynamic any more. Definitely less than 1% of images are dynamic, so it's not too big of a concern.

[RanAwaySuccessfully]

A better solution could be to have a small space where users could upload files to, like on Kuribo64 or on SMWCentral.

[rambly]

it might not be a bad idea to have avatars (including mood avatars) be upload-based (similar to board2 and a lot of "modern" forums); with those you can set a maximum size (and enforce avatar size limits)