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A comment on Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host.

Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by efficax on Monday November 25, 2019 @10:57AM (#21629244)
I thought about doing this as a form of easily managed passive income.

But then I remembered: copyright takedown requests and child pornography. Keeping on top of bad actors with an image host sounds like a huge headache! And if you grow that means you have to hire people, and then how do you keep the price so low?

Good luck!

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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by StavrosK on Monday November 25, 2019 @10:58AM (#21629253)
Yeah, that's my worry as well. Hopefully the fact that people have to pay will curb that a bit, but yeah, I'm worried about it.
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by pjc50 on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:11AM (#21629428)
I would hope so. I imagine the child pornographers aren't too keen on handing over payment data with their names in.
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by StavrosK on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:14AM (#21629480)
Yeah, I hope I won't have to get rid of the free trial or cryptocurrency payment, but I might...
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by toomuchtodo on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:17AM (#21629543)
I'm not a Google fan by any means, but you might explore the Content Safety API [1] they're offering to partners. Thorn might also offer something similar [2].

[1] https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/using...

[2] https://www.thorn.org/

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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by StavrosK on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:22AM (#21629619)
That's very promising, thank you for the information. It might come in very handy, though I hope not.
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by martin-adams on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:27AM (#21629694)
Just keep an eye out for bad actors trying to use stolen credit cards
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by stavros on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:35AM (#21629825)
What, like Sylvester Stallone? Why would he do such a thing?
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by greggman2 on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:53AM (#21630047)
You mean Sylvester Stallone who was nominated for best actor for Rocky?
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by StavrosK on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:56AM (#21630083)
Did he win? No. QED.
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by huhtenberg on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:51PM (#21632686)
You should be worried. This will be abused in a matter of days if not hours.
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by IshKebab on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:24PM (#21632383)
And he even allows payment by bitcoin! I can't imagine who would want to host images without being traceable...
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Re:Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host by wtfishackernews on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:48PM (#21634208)
Bitcoin is traceable
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