The Embedded Imaging Fluctuation
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:16 pm
A little confused......
I'm seeing posted edited and images redacted, admonishments posted not to embed images, yet I'm still seeing large animations posted, sometimes several per page in addition to quite a few other large images. I'm also seeing calls for donations and funding.
A 3.5Mb animation still uses high bandwidth every time someone views or reloads a page, no matter if it's on a source site or if it's rehosted on an image site. If 100 people view a page with a 3.5Mb animation, that's 3.5Mb x 100 passing through Storm2K's servers. I don't see what's being saved by doing that other than not having a link change as new images are loaded on the source sites. I understand the point of archiving in that aspect.
But if the point is to save on bandwidth, that isn't happening. Rehost the image if it isn't violating any copyrights to do so, then post a link (preferably with the file size noted) in the thread so that people can choose to view it or not.
Can someone clarify the position, policy and purpose on this?
I'm seeing posted edited and images redacted, admonishments posted not to embed images, yet I'm still seeing large animations posted, sometimes several per page in addition to quite a few other large images. I'm also seeing calls for donations and funding.
A 3.5Mb animation still uses high bandwidth every time someone views or reloads a page, no matter if it's on a source site or if it's rehosted on an image site. If 100 people view a page with a 3.5Mb animation, that's 3.5Mb x 100 passing through Storm2K's servers. I don't see what's being saved by doing that other than not having a link change as new images are loaded on the source sites. I understand the point of archiving in that aspect.
But if the point is to save on bandwidth, that isn't happening. Rehost the image if it isn't violating any copyrights to do so, then post a link (preferably with the file size noted) in the thread so that people can choose to view it or not.
Can someone clarify the position, policy and purpose on this?