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Are Stories no longer working?

David B   January 26, 2016, 08:20 PM

I was trying to write a Story for some of my photos, but it appears as though the Stories module is not working. Is it just me? I've also tried to view Stories on other people's accounts, but all I get is the same "File not found" error.

Is the 23hq server being slowly dismantled? Doesn't look like even the founders are using the service anymore.

 
Steffen Fagerström Christensen Team 23   January 26, 2016, 08:31 PM

@virtualsky, the story feature was unfortunately being used by a number of spammers, and we determined a while back that we couldn't spare the effort to fight that particular fight -- so we had disable it. As such, there's pretty good reason for the chance; it's not a step-by-step dismantling of the service ;-)

 
David B   January 26, 2016, 08:59 PM

Thank you for the very quick response, Steffen! Well, that explains it and I completely understand. So glad to hear that it's not due to 23hq going anywhere.

I know, I haven't been using my account, either. But that's all going to change.. I want to start utilizing my 23hq account to it's fullest. Which is why I was trying to decide how I could use Stories to my advantage. Unfortunately, I guess it's not something I can use right now. Which is okay.

I was also looking at a Plus account, but all I can see is a place to put in a coupon code. No where can I find a "purchase" button. I probably don't need a Plus account, as it looks as though I have plenty of elbow room to upload photos for now. But showing support for services I enjoy using is important to me.

Any chance of some sort of blogging ability making its way to 23hq? I do that sort of thing on ipernity, right now. But, their support team has recently posted that the future of the service is in question. So, many paying users are looking for alternatives.

Of all of the photo sharing sites I've tried, 23hq is the best I've seen and I want to use it more. But, I wasn't sure what state the site was in. However, your reply to my comment has put my concerns to rest (regarding the life of the site). I was trying to see if I could use the Stories module as some sort of blogging feature. If I could figure out a way of doing so, I'd recommend 23hq as an ipernity alternative to the users who are looking to move. Most of them do not want to have to go back to flickr.

I'll still recommend 23hq for photo sharing.

Thanks again!
David.

 
Steffen Fagerström Christensen Team 23   January 26, 2016, 09:02 PM

Go crazy on the free account -- and ping me on steffen@23company.com for a coupon code if you need more elbow room ;-)

 
David B   January 26, 2016, 09:08 PM

Thank you so much, Steffen!

 
Illo   December 02, 2016, 12:16 AM

Hi, glad to see that there COULD BE the possibility of "telling stories".
When will you PLEASE start it again?

 
Fizgig   December 02, 2016, 03:26 AM

I'm also looking at this site as a replacement for ipernity..... That ability to create articles or stories as they're called here also drew me in.

Does this site have an easy way for folks to migrate their work over from other photo sharing places? I ask 'cause some people (like myself) have thousands of photos which will need a new home.

 




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