Imgur have blocked access to UK visitors

[Chris.]

More detail here:

Popular Image Sharing Site Imgur.com Blocks Access to UK Visitors UPDATE4

The popular online image sharing website Imgur.com, which was first founded in 2009 and has been widely used to host viral images, short videos and memes that c

www.ispreview.co.uk

What does this mean?
Many build threads use Imgur to host pictures, and for users in the UK they will see an image with text saying 'not available in your region' or similar rather than pictures of cars etc. Users can get around it by using a VPN or similar methods.

I'm working on a script which should convert all Imgur pictures into forum attachments so there should be no requirement to rehost images yourself. Please don't delete your accounts on Imgur just yet because doing so will also delete your images.

Thanks.

 

[LeeH]

Ironically, I cannot read the page while my VPN is active.

 

[Chris.]

The iSP review page?

 

[Chris.]

The conversion script is now running, there may be some slowness to the forum until it completes.

 

[Chris.]

The script has completed, most imgur hosted images should know be converted to direct forum attachments.

There does seem to be a small bug where some posts are missed, I'm working on that currently.

I'll remove the ability for users to use imgur as an image host soon.

Thanks.

 

[LeeH]

The iSP review page?

Yep, just times out. Loads OK of its off.

 

[Chris.]

How weird.