Please take this into consideration when choosing where to upload your signature-pictures, as these are likely to be incrementally more viewed with the increased number of posts you make.
Contact Jason if you want more details.
The original warning
Jason wrote:It is official. I looked more into the situation and photobucket is now locking all accounts and preventing them from posting images anywhere. Unless you give them 400 dollars. Slimy pieces of shit.
A comment from someone who's having the same issues...
Unfortunately, here is the answer they gave me. Unless you give them money, they will not unlock your links. Also, I don’t think the first of the 3 plans will work. I think they require you to use the most expensive one which is $400 a year.
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