Am I the only one

[Mandrake Von Sets]

Flickr users have it both ways.  In order for users to post an actual visible picture from their photostream, the picture has to also be a link back to their photostream.

Click on my picture below to see what I mean.

[Cyron]

i'm just lazy usually.. i get them off the camera.. scan thru them, delte the ones that were blurry and upload the rest to my site.. if there happened to be a really good one i would link it, but if not i just give the link..but more often then not i do add at least 1 and then the link... usually under sicari's post..lol.

[kcdcchef]

who prefers that people post their pictures instead of the links to them?

I know that with the links, you can see more pictures, it takes less time to load the page, and all the other reasons for having the links.

Having said that, I still get a thrill opening a thread and seeing actual pictures of a faire instead of a link.

There were lots more pictures instead of links on the old forum.  Call me old fashioned, but I like looking at the actual pictures.  Anybody else feel that way?  Or am I the only one?

nope, i am with you lady renee. 100%. links suck. most of us in 2008 ( almost 2009 ) have computers fast enough to download them all, so i say, post em'!!! heck, i have gotten busted in other blogs for NOT using a link.

[Jon Foster]

I like to see the pictures on the page as well. They also serve as a way to decide if you want to look at a full gallery or album if there's a link too.

Jon.

[Emerald Shaunassey]

I actually like both ways ... seeing 'teaser photos' in this forum is nice.  But I also enjoy browsing through someone's gallery when they provide a link - especially if it's to a faire I've wanted to visit and haven't yet or a favorite of mine (Bristol comes to mind).

Either way, kudos to all the photographers out there and thank you for sharing your vision of your faire adventures.

Emerald

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

Hi Everyone,

I'm bringing this post back to the top again, because now that faire season is in full swing again, especially in the southern climes, I'm starting to see a lot of links posted again for pictures taken at the faire.

However, maybe I'm the only one, but I have found repeatedly that I can't see the pictures on different sites, because when I click on the link, it says you have to sign in with a password or sign up to be a member.  I don't really want to do that just to look at someone's pictures.

So I am hoping that people will post their pictures again inside the threads, like everyone used to do on the old forum.