TinyPic

TinyPic is a photo and video sharing site. It was founded on April 25, 2004, as a subsidiary of Photobucket. The site was shut down on September 9, 2019, citing declining revenue from advertising. When it was active, it was an example of a website where anonymous users could post stuff without signing up.

Why It Sucked

 * 1) Content uploaded by unlogged users are deleted after 90 days without views. This affected blog and forum users who used TinyPic for hosting images.
 * 2) Content will also be deleted if it reaches 10,000 views, being hypocritical to their 90 day deletion policy. This policy was later removed at some point.
 * 3) URLs of deleted content is recycled, therefore, old links may go to unintended content.
 * 4) The maximum size of high definition videos is 5 minutes and 500 MB, and the maximum size of standard definition videos is 15 minutes and 500 MB. Larger video files cannot be uploaded without using other software to reduce it to 500 MB.
 * 5) All uploaded content, including those from unlogged users, is publicly published on its front page. Occasionally, unlogged users upload explicit content such as pornography so that it shows up on the front page.
 * 6) In July 2010, TinyPic completely blocked users in Argentina without notice for undisclosed reasons, without a way for users to download their content. Later in September 2010, TinyPic blocked users outside of USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and some other countries, hoping for international users to migrate to Photobucket. However, logged users could still download their content, unlike the closure in Argentina.
 * 7) * They eventually restored linking for international users, but never resumed accepting new uploads. They also fully reopened in some countries such as Spain, but never reopened internationally.
 * 8) After shutting down on September 9, 2019, they gave logged users 7 days to download their content. However, due to their slow servers, it was difficult for users to download their content.

Trivia

 * After the shutdown, Photobucket offered no free alternative to TinyPic, therefore, many users migrated to competitor services such as Imgur, Flickr, etc.
 * The name refers to its service which converts an image into a short URL.