As per Imgur's newest TOS update:

We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account from our platform as well as nudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content. You will need to download/save any images that you wish to save if they no longer adhere to these Terms. Most notably, this would include explicit/pornographic content.

I strongly urge you to save any images used in any layouts/codes that you're currently using, even if they were uploaded by me, because I cannot guarantee with absolute certainty that they're tied to my account, or that I still have the images if you need to reupload them.

Please please please remember to do this by May 15, 2023 so you aren't risking losing anything. I'll be saving as much as I can here in case I need to reupload anything. (Remember, this only applies to Imgur URLs, so if one of my layout uses a Discord, Guilded, or Unsplash URL you're fine to leave them as-is. Which is unfortunate, because those URLs are the ones I can almost completely guarantee I still have. 🙃

Overall, I think it's still safe to use Imgur for your uploads for layouts, but now we just need to be absolutely sure we're logged in when we do our uploads going forward. Finally: I'd appreciate if you could link this post in any IJ-specific servers you're in on Discord/Guilded/etc. and/or on your main journal if you could so that we can try to make sure people don't lose their images.

On a related note: Would anyone like it if I wandered around online and researched free and paid image hosting options to post a comparison of here so you don't have to?

Just a quick info post! For those of you who use Chrome, they've finally added tab hibernation (I used to use a really nice extension called The Great Suspender that did this, so I'm so hype to have this again. It got taken down from the Chrome store, but now I'm seeing that it's back again? I have no clue when that happened lmao.)

HOWEVER: If you enable it (you should!!) you'll want to go here: chrome://settings/?search=memory and add my code tester to the always keep these sites active area to avoid accidental refreshes.

It's also good to add things like YouTube to this if you're like me and you leave videos open for uh... too long lmfao and don't want to risk losing your place.

For me personally, I added my code tester, the page for layout customization on IJ, and YouTube, and I let everything else hibernate when left inactive. Basically, any page you leave open frequently that has an active form element (like a textarea) that you tend to leave unfinished content in, you'll want to add those to the list so that you can take advantage of this feature without it fucking you over LOL.

This feature rules as long as you remember to add any exclusions you might need; the extension I used to use had that capability too, so I'm glad Chrome didn't drop the ball on that front.