Should we make hotlinking a bannable offense?

Nice. Maybe I should make it a case where if the original owner comes in here complaining about hotlinkers that the hotlinkers get banned for a day. I dislike hotlinkers too. There are plenty of free image hosts so there really is no excuse.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually this kind of subject I wouldn't mind going here:

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/board-support/

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, how about no.

I went and edited Pom's post so it would no longer be a bandwidth menace to the Internet.

Also, I'm moving this to board support because although it might be a rare occurance I do think hotlinking should be a bannable offence. You fuckers need to stop being lazy.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

ur gonna get banned son~ >=|

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yeesh, I made a poll and thread for your opinions before I went and starting acting on the suggestion but you didn't have to be such an asshole. Really now, what's going on, lurker?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Stop it. You're ruining my chance to push an agenda. >=U

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I propose we get rid of those too. Can we not find common ground? =o

FELIPE NO

Guuuuys, this thread is for my agenda of making hotlinking a bannable offense. Let's talk about that. >=|

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Really, I'd only put a ban in place for repeat tripod loool image offenders and when webhost owners come in complaining about hotlinkers. If the hotlinked image still works and noone is complaining then everything is Ecto Cooler.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, I don't know why it does that either. That's why I've been mostly uploading stuff to imagesocket these days.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

I voted yes, but only contingent on the bans being temporary. I don't like the idea of a temp ban for something that isn't detrimental to the forum. Hotlinking isn't cool, because it amounts to bandwidth theft, but it really only affects the person hosting the image.

It would only be for a day at first and then more for repeat offenders. I probably should have mentioned that.

Originally Posted by a lurker

You want to punish posters because little girls with huge egos know how to check their traffic logs? What?

If it's a huge problem then maybe. I dunno. I guess they should just put filters on but I'd still listen to the request of removing hotlinked images if asked. In my opinion, you shouldn't be hotlinking to small personal sites unless they specifically state that they allow you to or they're already hosting their images on a free image host.

Originally Posted by a lurker

You're really giving the Aeris / Aerith fagdance a run for its money, here. This is not a good thing.

Oh come on I think I can do better than that. What's the next experience level on your e-fagdom scale? Let's go the distance.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

I hope it was clear that I intended to say that I don't like a permanent ban for something that isn't detrimental to the boards. A temp ban is fine, and although I felt the need to mention it, I had every confidence that you meant a temp ban. It just needed explicit clarification.

Yeah, a permanant ban for that would be too much. It would be a 1 day ban and then for repeat offenders a 2-5 day ban. Something like that. I mean I hate hotlinkers and all but I'm not that much of a whiny pussy to up it to a week or a month or something. That's reserved for major forum infractions and Internet terrorists.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well I think if they're that much of an asshole and don't get the picture they're more than likely to register a dupe account to ban evade and get permabanned anyway. But that just seems to be the latest trend these days so I dunno.

I was speaking idiomatically.