Squidge Image Hosting

[squidgestatus]

Image hosting from Squidge.org is here for fandom.  If you're using it for fandom, then you're in the right place and have nothing to worry about.  Even if you've got a fandom account and you choose to post pictures of concert tickets, or that really cool vase that you found in an antique store when you were on a road trip.  It's all good - we're here for you, and this is acceptable use.

What's not acceptable use is:

• Anything commercial related.  We've recently had people who are trying to sell services like remote technical support and even real estate put images on the site for whatever reason.  No.  Just no.  Fandom has zero to do with capitalism, and there are other sites that you can use for capitalistic ventures.


• Anything related to snuff/torture of a real human being.  We shouldn't have to explain this, but three times in the last month we have banned accounts for things so graphic that we're considering submitting it to authorities and letting them handle it.

If you're posting fandom stuff, then that's fine - you have nothing to worry about.  Even if you choose to post an image of your favorite character in an AU situation where they're a real estate agent standing in front of a real estate sign? That's fine, because that's fandom.  But we are 100% against the use of Squidge resources in a for-profit type commercial situation.  The only exception to this rule would be artists who put together "Commissions Open" type images because that's community driven, not commercial.

Questions?  Ask them here or click here to submit a helpdesk ticket. And if you see abuse that we don't catch, please let us know.

Comments

[ride_4ever]

All the love for Squidge.org (but I didn't need another plotbunny, and now you have me thinking about a dS AU where Ray Vecchio is undercover as a real estate agent and Ray Kowalski and Fraser are undercover as a home-buying couple).

[enchantedsleeper]

I wish I thought that the people posting commercial and snuff imagery were the kind to care about terms and conditions and respecting them. Especially in the latter case where I think almost all image hosting services would ban it, they're just seeing what they can get away with.

[pebbleinalake]

Sorry you have to deal with that. I don't understand how anyone could think that kind of stuff would not get removed when the site is very clear that it's intended for fandom use only, but people are weird.

[bluedreaming]

I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you for, as always, providing this service for the fandom community. I'm sorry for people who want to take advantage of it.

[scissorsevered]

The "people" posting commercial related stuff are most likely bots. I've had them flooding my forum lately too.

[silvercat17]

People are unbelievable.

There's me getting worried for posting stuff for rainbowlists which is for original work and thus technically not fandom in the strictest definition, but come on it's close enough and then there's THOSE PEOPLE

Is there a way to flag NSFW stuff that isn't marked as NSFW?

[squidgestatus]

For the person creating the image? Yes. They should be clicking the "NSFW" button, which blurs the image.

For the person viewing? No, unfortunately.

I've been more diligent as of late, so I'm checking a lot more often. And when I find NSFW items that are visible without the blur, I'm marking them as such.

All that said, if you see anything egregious (especially if the rape/snuff person comes back) please do not hesitate to contact me.