# Can Charter Members Post Pictures? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406 "2020-10-07T10:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/1 "2020-10-07T10:23:45Z")
Because I recently tried, all to no avail. I first tried to do it from my smartphone. But I kept getting the message my pic was too large. So I tried to crop and resize it. Finally, when I thought I was about to be successful, I got the message that the board doesn’t accept imbedded images. So can you? And if so, how? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/2 "2020-10-07T12:02:08Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/TCleGaW.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TCleGaW.jpg) Chana Masala, coconut rice ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/3 "2020-10-07T13:08:29Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/OeWmUez.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/OeWmUez) A picture I took on Saturday morning. Discourse would not allow me to embed media, so I uploaded to [imgur.com](http://imgur.com) and pasted the link in. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/4 "2020-10-07T13:08:42Z")
You can’t post pictures directly to the site (except for your profile picture). You need to upload to another site and post a link, by itself on a line. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Golde33443.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Golde33443.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/5 "2020-10-07T13:51:25Z")
I tried again, same problem. I can even copy and past the error message I got: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/6 "2020-10-07T14:10:10Z")
Copy this link: [https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg) Paste the link, all by itself, and post it. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/7 "2020-10-07T14:19:02Z")
Okay: [https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/8 "2020-10-07T14:20:45Z")
Let’s try that a different way too (just the link by itself, if I understand you): [https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/9 "2020-10-07T14:21:11Z")
Nooooo, you posted it as a link. Just post what you copied. Just copy from my post and paste it in your message. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/10 "2020-10-07T14:22:14Z")
This is what I was originally trying to post: ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/11 "2020-10-07T14:25:13Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/T9Ebgnb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/12 "2020-10-07T14:25:33Z")
Okay, so how do I post my own pictures then? EDIT: Oh, @Telemark I see your point now 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406/13 "2020-10-07T14:33:25Z")
Nevermind.