Photo uploads - a thing of the past?

For quite some time now, we have no longer been able to upload photos to our profiles.

I emailed Xhamster a couple of months ago and asked when this issue was going to be resolved and got the standard reply of:

"The photo upload feature is under revision and will be restored later."

Obviously, this didn't provide me with any information that I'd asked for. However, I decided to hold on a while, in hope that things would be resolved *later* and we would be able to upload our photos again. Sadly this hasn't happened.

So, I emailed Xhamster again today, asking if they could provide me with any updates about when we could upload photos again.

The first reply I got was this:

Hi,
Thank you for your email,
Please note that the upload functions able for creators' accounts only.
Feel free to join here
https://xhamster.com/creator-signup
Best regards,
Yuka
xHamster Team.


A little strange, I thought.

So, I emailed again, saying:

"I don't quite understand. I have always been able to upload my photos with no other complications until recently. I can still upload videos but not photos - this has changed - and it still says that "The photo upload feature is under revision and will be restored later".
What does that actually mean?"



Things became even more strange. I received a reply which said:

Hi,
Thank you for your email.
It has been removed in order to protect the rights of content owners and to prevent the distribution of potentially prohibited content.
Best regards,
Yuka
xHamster Team.

Am I the only one here thinking that this is slightly odd, or am I totally missing something and being a little dim?

I mean, sure, the email replies I got were very brief and certainly didn't go into any great detail, but where is the logic of allowing members to upload videos but not photos if everything comes down to *prohibited content*?

I'm struggling to make sense of this.

Is Xhamster moving in the direction to where everyone needs a *creators account* - whatever that is?

Are photos now a thing of the past, whereby we can keep our existing ones on our profiles but won't be allowed to upload any new ones again at any time in the future?

If that's the case, it's not looking good.

Thoughts, please......

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Purple_Vein
What do you mean "you did not listen"?
You have no idea of what I do and don't do.
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alexwettfan
December 2022 - You can upload pics onto your profile. Edit the "about me" section and you have the option to "insert image", as I have on my profile.
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I'm perplexed as well. It took me a while to realise that you can longer download videos too,

I've resorted to submitting a couple of videos in the absence of being able to post fresh pictures. It's a lot harder work though, to get a video right. It also takes up a hell of a lot more space on their servers too, well at least I would think so. Maybe it's easier to save other people's photos locally and not their videos?

I have noticed that you can send photos by message but that just isn't the same. I don't want to have to go through a message chat process just to see somebody's cock. I'd rather just admire cocks anonymously.

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Purple_Vein
đến tenpolerudor : Yeah, it certainly seems that way. It's just annoying when you send an email asking for clarification and receive a reply that is so vague that it doesn't really answer your question lol.
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tenpolerudor
Similar things have happened on other sites, it's a move to cut down on illegal shit, and also to make you pay for a pro account. 
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Purple_Vein
đến hornybusdriver : I guess we'll find out -- at some point.
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Purple_Vein
đến cumulator : I totally agree, 100%.
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hornybusdriver
đến Purple_Vein : Welcome mate. I like you was frustrated by the goings on. Others informed me of the issues because i didn't use porn hub. Hopefully xHamster will settle down and we can enjoy it as we did before. 
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cumulator
The sheer number of possible photo uploads makes it impossible to review or police them effectively before publication, so while xhamster may wish to re-introduce the feature I don't see it happening anytime soon, if ever.
The site's lack of clarity may be a product of conflict between what they'd like to do & what's actually possible.
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Purple_Vein
đến clp1978 : Thanks, mate. I looked into what you mentioned re: Porn Hub and understand what has been happening there now. I now think that Xhamster now needs to be less vague about what's happening with this site and offer us adequate responses to our queries. 
I guess that at some point in the not too distant future, a few things may become clearer - hopefully.
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Purple_Vein
đến hornybusdriver : Thanks for the detailed response. I wasn't fully aware of the Porn Hub issues; they were just something I'd heard about, in passing, so I just read-up on what has been happening there.
It makes more sense now.
however, I do agree with your comments that if they're [Xhamster] are wanting to limit guest membership then we need to be told about it, rather than just being given snippets of information that make little sense as a response to our questions. As outlined in my original messages, the responses I got from them were incredibly vague.
Thanks for your input/reply, it's much appreciated.
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hornybusdriver
It is because of the porn hub problems. I've had my stories removed. It maybe that guest members are harder to monitor. So the site is pushing members to sign up to premium membership to keep it's online payment active. Banks/card payments could be stopped if they considered the site non compliant. You've probably noticed the mass deletion of video and pictures. Members own stories removed. Perhaps the lack of response is the site want to hold on to it's membership. However I'd prefer a proper response to my inquiries. If they are going to limit guest membership, just say so. If full access means paid up membership then it becomes our choice to make.
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clp1978
đến clp1978 : Basically when the journalist looked at the video's and pictures on it thousands were stolen from others and worse, there were people who had been victims of sexual assault.  All major banking threatened to remove access etc also, so they cleaned up shop.  I suspect xhamster is going the sameway.
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clp1978
Hey, if you look for a article news articlemon Porn...hub a while back it might give you the answers you are looking for.
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