# Can we consider allowing direct image uploads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [January 21, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-consider-allowing-direct-image-uploads/1013213 "2025-01-21T15:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-consider-allowing-direct-image-uploads/1013213/15 "2025-01-21T18:28:44Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > I presume the Powers That Be would also be disinterested in paid membership tiers that could actually generate revenue…? Just not enough revenue vs the hassle it’d take to set up? A previous thread on this topic: > [@Is it now possible to pay to subscribe to the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-now-possible-to-pay-to-subscribe-to-the-sdmb/984521): > > Before we switched to the New Board\*, it was possible (and encouraged) to pay an annual subscription amount to the Board. I don’t think it came with any special privileges, but I like to support a thing that I use every day and value as much as I do The Dope… so has the subscription function been reinstated? I’ve seen references to such in a few threads, but I’m not sure if the references were ironic. There’s a lot of irony in this community, I’ve noticed. The subject came up a few times when … To summarize, the option (that we had on the old board software) is pending indefinitely. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-consider-allowing-direct-image-uploads/1013213)._