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Emrys

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2. I'm in the UK, and that image displays fine, thanks

Reply to Goonch (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 06:42 PM

17 hrs ago

If anyone's curious, it's hosted on Giphy, which will host still images in various formats as well as GIFs.

As far as I'm aware, Imgur is the only image hosting site to impose a blanket ban on access from the UK, so any other host should be fine.

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Heads up: If you use Imgur for image and video hosting, people in the UK can't see what you're posting [View all] Emrys 17 hrs ago OP

;-{) JUST TESTING _WHAT DO YOU SEE BELOW? Goonch 17 hrs ago #1

I'm in the UK, and that image displays fine, thanks Emrys 17 hrs ago #2

I now use this: Celerity 16 hrs ago #3

Great. Some folks were asking for suggestions of other hosts on my crossposted threads. Emrys 15 hrs ago #4