IMGZ
Infrastructure
image hosting
SHOW HN2019
248points
247comments
#140of 2,195 in 2019
Top 7%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
37 positive, 69 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 41 critical, out of 150 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Design: 16 for, 11 againstIdea: 14 for, 12 againstPricing: 3 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Honest, no-nonsense tone and personality in copy
From 3 comments
I love the website and that you do not take yourself too seriously. Kudos to you!
juli1pb on HNFinally some honest marketing.
pier25 on HNNice work! I appreciate your tone, the project, and everything. Heck, I appreciate you man. (Subscribing now...) Also this is a great idea and really needed. It’s amazing that…
nlh on HN
Direct links and click-through to high-res images
From 2 comments
It's refreshing to be able to click on the image and be taken to the high res version. When imgur took that away I basically gave up on it. If you're too lazy to sign up for the…
bsagdiyev on HNI like it. Imgur used to be fine but is now terrible. Specifically the nasty things they do to mobile browsers. I now host my own images, but I will share this link with my…
branon on HN
Imgur is worse now, so this is a welcome alternative
From 3 comments
I like it. Imgur used to be fine but is now terrible. Specifically the nasty things they do to mobile browsers. I now host my own images, but I will share this link with my…
branon on HNNice. Imgur is dead now that it requires login for every image it perceives to be 'explicit' (as if its goal is to protect the children rather than harvest their data)
rozab on HNThis is great. I think I am going to integrate into Hubski, and pay for our users. I hope you stick around. Imgur is awful.
markkat on HN
Objections
Requires email or account signup, which is a privacy concern
From 2 comments
Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HN> If you're paying for something, the concept of an "account" has to exist in order to record the payment against. If you're paying for something, that generally transfers a…
badrabbit on HN
No free tier
From 2 comments
Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HNA no BS image host would: 1 - be free 2 - require no login or javascript 3 - give you direct links, without ads or tracking This site fails at least the first two tests. There…
pmoriarty on HN
Bitcoin payment is expensive for some users
From 1 comment
I dislike a lot of things about imgur, you can't even save a gif on mobile. I would rather use an alternative. I might pay if the service meets my needs. But I have to use btc,…
badrabbit on HN
Marketing copy and Money page tone is offensive or self-aggrandizing
From 2 comments
I found the "Money" page (https://imgz.org/money/ )'s marketing style extremely distasteful and offensive. I understand the author is trying to be cool and all, but this is too…
devy on HNfeedback: overall i like what you're building. I like that you've put personality into the marketing material, but i think you've pushed that a bit too far. It feels hostile…
masukomi on HN
UI is poor and not attractive
From 2 comments
Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HNThanks for the feedback! Yes, you have a choice. You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI, pay for IMGZ or pay and set up a VPS yourself. For me, the best option was…
StavrosK on HN
Requests
Offer a free tier
From 2 comments
Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HNA no BS image host would: 1 - be free 2 - require no login or javascript 3 - give you direct links, without ads or tracking This site fails at least the first two tests. There…
pmoriarty on HN
Remove email requirement
From 2 comments
Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HN> If you're paying for something, the concept of an "account" has to exist in order to record the payment against. If you're paying for something, that generally transfers a…
badrabbit on HN
Clarify whether the storage limits refer to storage or bandwidth
From 2 comments
>CHEAPASS: $5 Per Year. 1 GB What does 1 GB mean? Is that bandwidth or storage? And if it's bandwidth, what happens if I go over that amount?
swebs on HNWhat does the 1GB / 50 GB / 500 GB mean? Is that referring to storage capacity or bandwidth? What if I use IMGZ to offload all the bandwidth-guzzling high-res images of my highly…
rsp1984 on HN
Support CNAME for custom domains
From 1 comment
Do you support CNAMEing so I can use a joke domain I own for image hosting?
dylz on HN
Imgur import passthrough
From 1 comment
Now, this looks very interesting indeed. What would get me to throw money at this instantly would be an imgur passthrough; given the ID of an imgur album or image from my…
zaarn on HN
Questions
How is storage and bandwidth managed and priced
From 2 comments
Can you walk through how you're managing storage of these photos? I've thought about doing something similar, but VPS like DO have very little HDD space. And Amazon S3 is…
babycake on HNWhat does the 1GB / 50 GB / 500 GB mean? Is that referring to storage capacity or bandwidth? What if I use IMGZ to offload all the bandwidth-guzzling high-res images of my highly…
rsp1984 on HN
How is illegal content such as child abuse images handled
From 2 comments
I thought about doing this as a form of easily managed passive income. But then I remembered: copyright takedown requests and child pornography. Keeping on top of bad actors with…
efficax on HNDid you talk to NCMEC pre-launch about strategies for matching uploaded images against a blacklist?
mherdeg on HN
Is the service blocked in some countries
From 1 comment
Seems that your IP is blocked in Russia. Had to use VPN to check your site out.
mkevac on HN
Alternatives named
Imgur
From 2 comments
I remember the day that Imgur launched on Reddit. The post title was something almost exactly like this. At the time it was a revolution, every other photo upload site was shady…
habosa on HNGlad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5…
badrabbit on HN
Google Drive and OneDrive
From 1 comment
I have 15 GB free on Google Drive and something similar on Microsoft OneDrive. Sharing files is as easy as dragging the file to a folder on my PC and right clicking to get a link…
kwhitefoot on HN
postimages.org
From 1 comment
I prefer postimages.org, it's even less shady or no-bullshit then this one.
unnouinceput on HN
Self-hosted image server
From 2 comments
What if I need absolute surety my image(s) is not going to be subject to bit rot and not be available in a few years time? What if I do 'multi-posts' and share the same image…
octosphere on HNI like it. Imgur used to be fine but is now terrible. Specifically the nasty things they do to mobile browsers. I now host my own images, but I will share this link with my…
branon on HN