# Questions on posting pictures on the net **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366 "2010-01-17T23:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/1 "2010-01-17T23:42:59Z")
I can look up the various sites that allow uploads of photo’s but I wanted a quick primer on what in involved. do I need FTP software? Do they all allow switches for public and private viewing? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/2 "2010-01-17T23:52:40Z")
You don’t need any software, and all of the ones I know about have privacy options, ranging from “all of my pictures are public let anyone browse them if they find my account” to “no one can see any of my pictures but me.” I like photocucket, though flickr seems to be the most popular. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/3 "2010-01-18T00:10:25Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > You don’t need any software, and all of the ones I know about have privacy options, ranging from “all of my pictures are public let anyone browse them if they find my account” to “no one can see any of my pictures but me.” > > I like photocucket, though flickr seems to be the most popular. Thanks. Followup question, can I remove them if they’re not meant for long term viewing? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/4 "2010-01-18T00:25:16Z")
Yes, I use Flickr and do this frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/5 "2010-01-18T00:35:24Z")
You folks probably saved me hours of looking through each site. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/6 "2010-01-19T01:59:35Z")
There’s a really nice website that I like for sharing photos publicly (i.e.) message boards when I like to still remain semi-anonymous. [www.imgur.com](http://www.imgur.com) is a really easy website to use (no registration required, some benefits if you do), it automatically strips out all exif data from the pic, and is easy to link to. I can’t recommend it highly enough. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/7 "2010-01-19T13:50:56Z")
I use Photobucket because I can access it from my work PC. I can’t do that with Flicker. Walgreens allows on line albums, mainly so you can have prints made at one of the stores, but I don’t know how large their space allocation is. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-posting-pictures-on-the-net/525366/8 "2010-01-19T14:06:07Z")
Previous thread: [Photo sharing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542464)