Why are some images not appearing?

[Anglefish]

I don't know if other users are experiencing this, but some images aren't showing up for me, particularly signature images. Question marks appear in the places where images should be seen. Here are some screenshots I took to show:

Is something wrong on my end, or is this happening to other users? Many images are clearly visible, but some aren't like the ones above.

 

[Waluigi Time]

Those are all Imgur embeds, looks like you might be blocking them from displaying on the site somehow. Check your browser's privacy settings and/or adblocker if you have one.

 

[Anglefish]

Huh. I'll go check my settings then.

 

[Anglefish]

What's weird is I've seen Goombuigi's and LeftyGreenMario's signature images a few days ago. I looked up "Why aren't Imgur images showing up for me?" and there are sites claiming that it's an issue with Imgur itself. Maybe the issue will be fixed in time? It's not that big of a deal really, I was just confused as to why I wasn't seeing some of those images.

 

[Waluigi Time]

Well they work fine for me right now, but I suppose anything's possible. You could wait a few days and see if it sorts itself out.

 

[Anglefish]

Yeah. I'll give it a week.

 

[Nightwicked Bowser]

I did notice it happening with the image of Honoka Kosaka in my signature. I use a website called Idol Story (https://idol.st/allstars/card/4/R-K...-Second-Year-Energetic-Girl-Who-s-All-Smiles/) to host it and when the image is unviewable I go to Idol Story and it makes me verify that I am human, after which the image becomes viewable again.

 

[Nightwicked Bowser]

I'd quite like to know if it's been unviewable for anyone else

 

[Anglefish]

So I'm not the only one. Maybe it's a mobile thing? I use my IPad, I have no computer.

 

[Nightwicked Bowser]

I use an Ipad as well. I'm also wondering if anyone else gets the "verify you're human" prompt in Idol Story

 

[Waluigi Time]

I'd quite like to know if it's been unviewable for anyone else

It's broken for me at the moment, just displays the filename.

 

[Natalie J.]

I had pictures that were hosted on Discord in my signature but they both broke too.

So I'm not the only one. Maybe it's a mobile thing? I use my IPad, I have no computer.

I'm on a laptop and it's also broken.

 

[Anglefish]

Well then. Something's wrong with Imgur then. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

 

[Waluigi Time]

I had pictures that were hosted on Discord in my signature but they both broke too.

That's an intentional change on Discord's end, images now have a key of sorts at the end of the URL that expires after a certain amount of time. It doesn't affect anything on Discord itself, but it breaks externally linked images eventually.

 

[Nightwicked Bowser]

Idol Story has been working fine today (haven't had to verify my humanity), and the Honoka image has remained viewable as a result. Is anyone else able to see it or not?

 

[Anglefish]

I can see it now, but some other images still aren't visible.

 

[Anglefish]

Now the images are visible! I guess the issue is fixed.

 

[Scarviola]

I have to wait a minute for some images to appear on my IPad.