# £3 Discourse hosting questions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-discourse-hosting-questions/50428
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [2016年九月21日 06:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-discourse-hosting-questions/50428 "2016-09-21T06:26:14Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [2016年九月21日 14:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-discourse-hosting-questions/50428/17 "2016-09-21T14:48:49Z")

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Discourse used to permit uploading to imgur, but it was removed

> [@Storing Images in the cloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storing-images-in-the-cloud/6779/11):
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> We are thinking of pulling official Imgur support, since you’d need a Pro account and entirely different API mechanisms to guarantee your images are still there in a year or two years. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/register/upgrade)[http://api.imgur.com/#register](http://api.imgur.com/#register)[Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/help/images#howlong) As long as images are getting at least 1 view per 6 months, they will stick around forever. If an image does not receive even 1 view in 6 months, it may be removed to make room for new images. Images on pro account…

It is recommended to use S3 for storing images, if you are image heavy.

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