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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 2/7/2026 3:03 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2026/2/7 3:22:5, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   >> In article <10m5ujv$h4sl$3@dont-email.me>,   
   >> J. P. Gilliver  wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >>>> But for Kenny's question above, most of us use some form of free   
   >>>> image-hosting web site, where the one I use most asks for no login.   
   >>   
   >> No worries; I have no desire to post any screenshots here.   
   >>   
   >> I was just amused by the idea of someone requesting a screenshot on Usenet.   
   >>   
   >> As Tim Walz would say, weird!   
   >>   
   >> And, the point is: Usenet *is* a text-only medium, by definition and   
   >> decree, even if lots of people have abused it over the years.   
   >   
   > People have been requesting screenshots - and in response, people have   
   > been uploading them to file/image sharing sites, and posting the URL of   
   > the uploaded file (thus remaining within "text-only" rules) - for years,   
   > decades I think.   
   >   
      
   And the web sites hosting the materials, have been throwing   
   away content for a similar period of time. The dead   
   sites like imageshack and so on. PostImage did not   
   keep all its content. There's a generation of material   
   missing from there, too.   
      
   Posting an image on USENET is never going to work well,   
   due to the max size of posted content. And posting a series   
   of chunks to build a file, that's a bore.   
      
      Paul   
      
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