Absence of photobucket pictures. Anyone else having issues?

[FinalImpact]

Links from photobucket are NOT showing pictures. And it doesn't matter who's they are. I'm pretty sure it's me only and is somehow browser dependent as Chrome and Firefox work while outcast "Opera" does not.

Two different PC's inflicted and clearing cache and benign data doesn't help.

Both boxes are Win7 64 running Opera. One's a laptop the other a desktop.
What's strange is I can go to pb via Opera web browser Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing see pictures, logon on, etc, but if I run: cmd ping, it resolves the IP address and times out.

LOOK:

C:\Users\Makers Mark>ping Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing

Pinging photobucket.com [209.17.80.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 209.17.80.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

s67.photobucket.com
C:\Users\Makers Mark>ping s67.photobucket.com

Pinging s67.photobucket.com [209.17.68.13] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 209.17.68.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Makers Mark>

Anyone have any ideas? It seems very strange.
Thanks in advance!

 

[FinalImpact]

Re: Absence of photobucket pictures??? Anyone?

OR ping via IP only = same results.... Perhaps because it thinks I'm inSECURE! lol

C:\Users\Makers Mark>ping 209.17.68.13

Pinging 209.17.68.13 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 209.17.68.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

 

[FinalImpact]

Example; the first TWO pictures 2015-mbom-winners show up (local to the site). The others do not (from photobucket), while all other image servers appear to work...
So I look and sure enough, working on phone but not PC. Ideas?

~~Daily Feed, post what made you laugh today ~~ thread is another example... PB no show pic....

Can someone ping photobucket - does it time out or display values. Tks

 

[lytehouse]

I have posted pictures from Photobucket before that have disappeared.....I was told it was because those pics were deleted from my PB album and the "link" was therefore broken.
I also had an issue today trying to get BOTM posted in a thread. A little "check/uncheck" box appeared, honestly I can't even remember what the d@mn thing said, but once I "unchecked" it, the link finally worked. Dumb luck on my part I guess.

p.s. All BOTM pics are in my photobucket albums, so I don't know why you aren't seeing them :don'tknow:

 

[Motogiro]

Example; the first TWO pictures 2015-mbom-winners show up (local to the site). The others do not (from photobucket), while all other image servers appear to work...
So I look and sure enough, working on phone but not PC. Ideas?

~~Daily Feed, post what made you laugh today ~~ thread is another example... PB no show pic....

Can someone ping photobucket - does it time out or display values. Tks

Could it be blocked by your browser? Have you recently updated your browser?

 

[Zealot]

I've had this issue for years. Multiple computers, through multiple routers.

I'm able to see the photos by finding the button where you're able to zoom in on a picture, and clicking that. Opens the full image itself. Anything less though, nadda. Photobucket has been long since surpassed by imgur in my mind.

 

[FinalImpact]

I have posted pictures from Photobucket before that have disappeared.....I was told it was because those pics were deleted from my PB album and the "link" was therefore broken.
I also had an issue today trying to get BOTM posted in a thread. A little "check/uncheck" box appeared, honestly I can't even remember what the d@mn thing said, but once I "unchecked" it, the link finally worked. Dumb luck on my part I guess.

p.s. All BOTM pics are in my photobucket albums, so I don't know why you aren't seeing them :don'tknow:

As stated - these are current active items pictures that show using browsers I don't normally use. Phone displays them and OTHER browsers; Chrome and FireFox show them but NOT the underdog OPERA!

Could it be blocked by your browser? Have you recently updated your browser?

Not that I can detect. As stated; On two different PC's too.
All software is set to manual update. Nothing is auto (happens w/out my knowledge) so, no, not updated.

I've had this issue for years. Multiple computers, through multiple routers.

I'm able to see the photos by finding the button where you're able to zoom in on a picture, and clicking that. Opens the full image itself. Anything less though, nadda. Photobucket has been long since surpassed by imgur in my mind.

There is no place holder, edge or corner. Nothing. Emptiness.

Using same browser - I can go to photobucket site and the pictures are there but NOT shown through this site.

POS browser is doomed I guess. imgur and other photo servers work. :Flip::Flip: Mystery!

 

[Motogiro]

I can only assume you searched... I found this... Could it be a link setting? Change Your "Link Back to Albums" Setting – Photobucket Support

 

[FinalImpact]

Its not specific to "my bucket" All PB pictures FAIL to show. Like you said, as if the browser level is blocking.
Thats why i asked if windows user could ping site.
Although that seems pointless as Chrome works but i dont care for chrome...