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How to post pictures
self | May. 2, 2026 | JIm Noble

Posted on 05/02/2026 9:44:31 AM PDT by Jim Noble

Can anyone recommend a good online resource to upload photos for discussion on this site?

No NSA/CIA please, but not necessarily super-secure either.

Thanks.


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To: Nateman

I use the inspect element.


21 posted on 05/02/2026 12:17:35 PM PDT by roving
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To: Nateman

Sounds like a pain in the @$$. Posting to FB is easy. Why is it not here?


22 posted on 05/02/2026 12:18:19 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Jim Noble
I use that for my own photos. Here's an example with post images 52720431-2256478137932549-866401839698935808-n
23 posted on 05/02/2026 1:38:11 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Jim Noble

Bump for later consideration...


24 posted on 05/02/2026 1:45:23 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: kawhill

I use this: https://imgbb.com/upload

Once you upload the image you can either copy the html for the thumbnail or full size image. Copy the code, not the link code and then paste in your comment and wala, you’ve got a pic in your post.


25 posted on 05/02/2026 3:15:35 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: RetiredArmy

FR seems easy to me but then maybe I’m not aware of
all the processes thru out the world. Type or copy
and paste isn’t that hard.


26 posted on 05/02/2026 3:16:43 PM PDT by deport
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To: Jim Noble
I mostly post political pics and memes. Like this. Not sure about the nsa/cia aspect but I’m not threatening anyone so I’m good. IMG-9431
27 posted on 05/02/2026 3:18:35 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: deport

??? Whut???


28 posted on 05/02/2026 3:27:26 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: TermLimits4All

FR has a do not post list which you are
not supposed to post the image url on FR.


29 posted on 05/02/2026 3:30:23 PM PDT by deport
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To: alancarp; Jim Noble
The ‘alt’ part is optional

As a scoundrel who commonly uses pics from other people's sites I learned to add the 'alt=' to every one - because that picture remains dependent on the original website for generation. Too often I run across an old post where I didn't add a descriptive label and see the broken pic icon; making me wonder what the picture was.

The 'alt=' short description remains even if the pic's original domain was wiped out, so whatever point one was trying to make with the picture isn't lost as time moves on.

Example:
I might have 'borrowed' a humorous depiction of James Carville. But if the people in control of the image's source take it down I still have:

ReptilianCarville

instead of the
ReptilianCarville

originally posted. It's a consolation prize that insures your efforts weren't wasted due to someone else's actions.

But the RIGHT thing to do is to post pictures from your own computer doubling as a server OR using a service as the posters described above.

30 posted on 05/05/2026 12:48:11 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (This is why we can't have nice things.)
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