Just a quick post for today — something you can use to save some $$ if you want.
Basically I’ve been using SmugMug to host my pictures for a goodly while now. I found out about them from Adventure Rider, am awesome motorcycle forum. I’m not 100% sure which came first, the SmugMug or the AdvRider, but they grew together.
So AdvRider is an awesome and free service run by the folks from SmugMug. I think they wanted a good photo hosting service for pictures of adventures — so they made one.
Now it’s a great service for a lot more people as well. In addition to random folks like me, they have a large pro contingent as well where they sell photos to clients. (Think: wedding and event photographers)
Once I joined Amazon I realized that they are a huge AWS client (this is public knowledge, nothing that I’m giving away here) so when I’m supporting them, I’m also supporting me. :-)
Why should you sign up and pay them? No ads. No limits on pictures. Big pictures. Hosting pictures for blogs and such. Good prices on prints. Good people and support.
And you can get 20% off if you use my coupon code: CdvynmIDOFG4c
Just click here and you don’t even have to type it in.
Yeah, so I’m shilling for them. Yeah, like I said, I think they’re good people and they have a good product.
ADVRider makes me so mad. Now I want to hate SmugMug by extension. :P
Here is a sample thread of recent interactions on there. This particular one was started by a friend of mine who supports my GWWR project and wanted to help find more riders on ADVRider: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=964870.
Yeah… it seems that maybe half of the people on ADV are either drunk or trolling. Or drunk trolling. I tend to stay in the less messy parts of the site and almost never hit Jo Mamma since it tends to increase my blood pressure. The good thing is there’s less blood spilled in a virtual bar fight than a real one and no one gets arrested. :-)
Now forums like Ride Reports and GSpot seem to be friendlier. Even on those people can bristle a bit, but most times walk away friendly.
Do you know which forum it was originally posted it? I’m just seeing it where threads go to die.
I *think* it was on the general discussion forum somewhere.
The comments were all made by mods. Petty little dictators of their little domains. I wouldn’t even mind if they said no respectfully but the taunting and insulting tone to my friend who asked a reasonable question is totally out of line.
*eyeroll* I hate it when people build up little fiefdoms so they have something to rule over. Compensating for something I would imagine. But I guess I see that all over the internet too on various fora — the old guard just being dickheads because they can.
The interesting this is that there’s still no ads on there though. I’m guessing a couple hundred bucks a month (at least) to run the site. Just for fun I suppose. :-)