Squidge Images Downtime 1/1/24
We’re starting the New Year off by taking Squidge Images down at 7am Pacific Time, Monday January 1st, 2024. This is to replace the failing drive that occasionally makes the system crash. The backup and restore to a new disk will take a few hours, so we should be back by 12Noon Pacific time as […]
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Squidge Image Hosting (https://images.squidge.org) is going down NOW – 12:30 Pacific Time, for about an hour for maintenance. update: The fix wasn’t possible, so we will limp along a few more days until we can get this fixed permanently!
Read MoreFurther clarification of Image Hosting Terms of Service
These are the updates to our previous statement on Squidge Image hosting: Furry art is allowed. Adult-themed is also allowed as long as the intent of the art is to depict all characters in it being people 18 years and older D&D art is allowed. Adult-themed is also allowed as long as the intent of […]
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A formal email will go out to Image Hosting users soon, but I’ll make a statement here first. Anyone who uses Squidge Image Hosting should do so with the intention of using images they upload for fandom in some way. Examples include photo manipulation and artwork of fandom works, gifs of favorite scenes, artwork of […]
Read MoreA Note About AI and Squidge
There have been a few questions today about AI and Squidge.org’s approach, so I thought I would drop a blogpost here so people know. Here’s our philosophy: While AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a great thing in the realm of medicine, like computers spotting lung or breast cancer before a human can, AI shouldn’t have […]
Read MoreWelcome Fandom Imgur Users!
For the last week or so, we’ve noticed a large influx of new people on our Images server. Whereas we would normally get a new user every other day or so, we’re sometimes getting dozens an hour – and that’s okay! The image server that Squidge.org has in place is here for that use. Due […]
Read MoreSquidge Image Hosting – Completed & Changes
The image hosting package updated much faster than I anticipated, so people are free to use the service again (https://images.squidge.org), and images that are displayed elsewhere like AO3, SquidgeWorld, Dreamwidth, etc. are displaying once again. Please skip the next section between [****] for folx who may be triggered by sexual assault. [****] I’ve made one […]
Read MoreSquidge Image Hosting Upgrade
This weekend, during the routine Squidge.org maintenance window, we’ll be upgrading the software behind Squidge Image Hosting. Lots of new features and security issues and bugs squashed. Normal window is every Sunday at 07:00 Pacific to 07:30 Pacific, but for Image hosting, expect to be down between 07:00 Pacific and 09:00 Pacific. If you need […]
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