Avatars -- Tinypics shut down. What other sites are people using?

Post #1 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 10:48 pm

Tinypics has shut down its site. What site(s) are people using for their avatars?

King Of The 4th · Post #2 » by **King Of The 4th** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 10:50 pm

Imgur has always worked well for me, just drag and drop onto the site and copy the link.

Post #3 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 10:57 pm

King Of The 4th wrote:Imgur has always worked well for me, just drag and drop onto the site and copy the link.

Doesn't seem to be a way to shrink existing pics, on the site though?

Post #4 » by **Slartibartfast** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:51 am

Who will cry for my Billy King avatar?

Ed Pinkney · Post #5 » by **Ed Pinkney** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:08 am

I changed from Tinypic to Imgur today.

I initially couldn’t get it to work when I copied the link directly from the Imgur page into the avatar section on my profile, but I found out through a topic in the Feedback Forum that you just need to add .gif to the end of the link and hey presto it worked.

Ed Pinkney · Post #6 » by **Ed Pinkney** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:11 am

Parliament10 wrote:
King Of The 4th wrote:Imgur has always worked well for me, just drag and drop onto the site and copy the link.

Doesn't seem to be a way to shrink existing pics, on the site though?

Just search for an online editor site and resize it, then add it to Imgur. This is the one I used:

https://ezgif.com/resize

Post #7 » by **Feed Your Head** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:13 am

I like the sad tinypic one for me. The world has become less funny.

Post #8 » by **Parliament10** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:54 am

Ed Pinkney wrote:
Parliament10 wrote:
King Of The 4th wrote:Imgur has always worked well for me, just drag and drop onto the site and copy the link.

Doesn't seem to be a way to shrink existing pics, on the site though?

Just search for an online editor site and resize it, then add it to Imgur. This is the one I used:

https://ezgif.com/resize

Thanks!!!
That worked for me.

Post #9 » by **ParticleMan** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:03 am

me too, thanks!
finally resurrected my old avatar....

zoyathedestroya · Post #10 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:09 am

Slartibartfast wrote:Who will cry for my Billy King avatar?

No worries. FTFY.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #11 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:42 am

One word about imgur - when you upload pics, set it to Private. Don't worry - the avatar will still be visible. If you set it to Public, then all the millenials will comment about how grainy your picture is, or in my case, talk about how Paul Pierce sucks

Post #12 » by **Parliament10** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:43 pm

Keeping this new Thread over the old Thread.

Post #13 » by **Slartibartfast** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:47 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:Who will cry for my Billy King avatar?

No worries. FTFY.

I am reborn

LarryBirdsFingr · Post #14 » by **LarryBirdsFingr** » Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:17 am

Oh no my **** is all **** up

return2glory · Post #15 » by **return2glory** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:09 am

Ed Pinkney wrote:I changed from Tinypic to Imgur today.

I initially couldn’t get it to work when I copied the link directly from the Imgur page into the avatar section on my profile, but I found out through a topic in the Feedback Forum that you just need to add .gif to the end of the link and hey presto it worked.

I tried the same thing. Added .gif to the end of the link, still didn’t work for me. Keeps saying URL is invalid.

Ed Pinkney · Post #16 » by **Ed Pinkney** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:56 am

return2glory wrote:
Ed Pinkney wrote:I changed from Tinypic to Imgur today.

I initially couldn’t get it to work when I copied the link directly from the Imgur page into the avatar section on my profile, but I found out through a topic in the Feedback Forum that you just need to add .gif to the end of the link and hey presto it worked.

I tried the same thing. Added .gif to the end of the link, still didn’t work for me. Keeps saying URL is invalid.

Not too sure sorry, brother. Perhaps the dimensions are too big? Is it an animated gif you are trying to add?

return2glory · Post #17 » by **return2glory** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:19 pm

Ed Pinkney wrote:
return2glory wrote:
Ed Pinkney wrote:I changed from Tinypic to Imgur today.

I initially couldn’t get it to work when I copied the link directly from the Imgur page into the avatar section on my profile, but I found out through a topic in the Feedback Forum that you just need to add .gif to the end of the link and hey presto it worked.

I tried the same thing. Added .gif to the end of the link, still didn’t work for me. Keeps saying URL is invalid.

Not too sure sorry, brother. Perhaps the dimensions are too big? Is it an animated gif you are trying to add?

Just a still picture.

Ed Pinkney · Post #18 » by **Ed Pinkney** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:15 pm

return2glory wrote:
Ed Pinkney wrote:
return2glory wrote:
I tried the same thing. Added .gif to the end of the link, still didn’t work for me. Keeps saying URL is invalid.

Not too sure sorry, brother. Perhaps the dimensions are too big? Is it an animated gif you are trying to add?

Just a still picture.

Probably doesn't need the .gif then if its just a picture. Someone more knowledgable about such things might need to help you out.

Cyclical · Post #19 » by **Cyclical** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:02 am

Cool, Imgur it is. Thanks.

Retiring my old Beatles Abbey Road gif and trying my puppy dog for now.

Dominator83 · Post #20 » by **Dominator83** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:36 am

Cyclical wrote:Cool, Imgur it is. Thanks.

Retiring my old Beatles Abbey Road gif and trying my puppy dog for now.

I joined the same year as you and just retired my Avatar after 14 years! I guess the shutdown told us it was time to move on