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intrepidity

(7,854 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 04:39 PM Oct 2022

Why don't some images load for me?

This started a few months ago on DU. Some posts don't show images, but just the broken image icon. Other posts (like Sunday's LOLcats) show the images just fine.

What are some possible reasons? Perhaps having to do with where the images are hosted? Like, maybe I inadvertantly put a restriction in my browser (Brave) to not accept content from those URLs? Any other ideas? This is on an android phone. TIA.

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Why don't some images load for me? (Original Post) intrepidity Oct 2022 OP
I would consider doing a fearless moral inventory of yourself Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2022 #1
They are shy Effete Snob Oct 2022 #2
I have been told I am not computer compatible humanware. dutch777 Oct 2022 #3
The computer detectives here are pretty sharp. But need more information. usonian Oct 2022 #4
Excellent suggestion intrepidity Oct 2022 #5
That points to: Ground level macro rig I built usonian Oct 2022 #6
One reason that I ran into... krispos42 Oct 2022 #7
i have been having this issue for several years . i ues a laptop and use safari AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #8
what browser are u using .? AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #9
Brave is an AD blocking browser SmartJellyfish Oct 2022 #10
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. I would consider doing a fearless moral inventory of yourself
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 04:48 PM
Oct 2022

Could be a spiritual problem

Just kidding ... do you have another browser on the phone you can compare with using same URL?

At least that could narrow it down.

usonian

(13,539 posts)
4. The computer detectives here are pretty sharp. But need more information.
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 05:51 PM
Oct 2022

All my "remote" computer help was a nightmare. So many questions to ask.
If you can at least give examples that don't work for you, people can try.
That would give some clue.

There are many steps between a server and a browser, including cloudflare, which is becoming the internet, since it routes, and caches, and sometimes breaks, so much content. This being near election time, I suspect that a lot of nasty stuff is going on that we don't hear of, and cloudflare is probably trying to block it.

And sometimes, images don't load because of slowness SOMEWHERE on the vast internet.

FWIW, I have used imgbb and postimage, and have only experienced slowness.

Something about the content?

OH, and as a data point, only my i-devices will show a preview of twitter.
On all the desktops, using Firefox, only the links show.
This *has* to be due to one of the countless trash-blockers I use.

usonian

(13,539 posts)
6. That points to: Ground level macro rig I built
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 09:57 PM
Oct 2022

I got all those images and even replied.
FWIW.
Haven't had a missing image all day (phone, ipad, couple of macs running firefox)
Avatars are often sometimes slow to load or take forever ...
HTH
The first (and presumably others) are a postimg.cc (postimage.org)

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
7. One reason that I ran into...
Wed Oct 19, 2022, 09:57 PM
Oct 2022

...is that your browser can block stuff that comes from a non-encrypted website.

I have my own website that I use for hosting pictures (got tired of Photobucket years ago), but the site doesn't have "https" in the URL, so the some of the pics I post will appear as broken links in the context of a DU page. But if you right-click and open the pic in its own tab, it works fine.

I think you have to add an exception in your browser (I use Firefox) to show non-https content.

Alternately, you broswer security settings may be cranked so high that it's blocking content from outside the main site you're trying to visit.

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