Been a while Since I've been here

[Mike Scott]

Surely you must have noticed that Facebook picture links have a half life measured in days.

I didn't! Why do they last days and then stop working?

[Hepcat]

Facebook doesn't allow links to pictures hosted on its site. Facebook monitors bandwidth usage to make sure this isn't being done. When whoever is responsible for the monitoring notices a link, it's zapped. This sometimes occurs within a day or two, but certainly after a few weeks.

 

[Mike Scott]

Facebook doesn't allow links to pictures hosted on its site.

They don't need to wait days, then. The proper code will work right away.

[Hepcat]

"Who" doesn't need to wait for days?

 

[Mike Scott]

"Who" doesn't need to wait for days?

Facebook.

[Hepcat]

Maybe monitoring is just a part of one person's job. I've noticed that hot links to other pictures get severed after a day or two, sometimes with a message about stealing bandwidth.

 

[Mike Scott]

. . sometimes with a message about stealing bandwidth.

Time to pay for hosting, if that happens. It don't cost that much.