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   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/8 0:56:6, Paul wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   I think, for the purposes covered here (someone asked for/suggested a   
   screenshot, someone else said how do you do that on a text-only medium,   
   I and others said you don't - you put it somewhere else and post the URL   
   of where you've put it on the text-only medium), the _longevity_ of the   
   image storage isn't that important: someone is posting a problem (or a   
   solution), others see it within the time it's kept, and suggest   
   solutions (or note the one shown).   
      
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