It is good to use Imgur API to host images which are posted by the user. It is used by various companies like StackOverflow and NodeBB.
Imgur API for Images
sam
(Sam Saffron)
#2
This would require a plugin and has certain drawbacks cause third party free services have a habit of nuking images over time.
Yoginth
(Yoginth)
#3
please develop plugin for this, that would be awesome, it helps us to reduce server storage!
sam
(Sam Saffron)
#4
We have no plans to build this, if you would like it built perhaps do a post on #marketplace
itsbhanusharma
(Bhanu Sharma)
#5
You may want to consider amazon s3 for uploads which is already supported by discourse.