Scuttle Buttin'
Demons at bay
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This has been happening to me, all over my Ideas thread, and I just stumbled on the solution.
Here's an example of a broken image, that is just no longer showing up:
https://67.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Click on that, and it'll tell you Server Not Found. I was curious why when the address used to be correct, so I started looking at currently working tumblr images to see if they'd changed the way they format their image addresses and that broke a lot of them.
Long story short, they don't. But I did notice something:
https://68.media.tumblr.com/1b11016331f105b56f8863b8f779c6c0/tumblr_op6q7j3Vc81u9eqtio1_540.jpg
https://68.media.tumblr.com/3eabdd9d1dff4028fd8aeb068a3e1dac/tumblr_inline_op93gesPzs1r938wk_540.gif
https://68.media.tumblr.com/4ed4ac83c1541f88d2912bb3e1db5e46/tumblr_opcgkpY9rP1qffv77o1_540.jpg
It's the beginning number. They keep changing them, though I don't know why. But, theoretically all you have to do is update the first number in the address and it should start working again. So let's try it with the first one I posted, that wasn't working:
https://67.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Make it a 68 instead, and...
https://68.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Suddenly there's an image again. I can't guarantee it'll work with every tumblr image that no longer works, but it's worked all the way back to the 40's so far, so.. at the very least, it's worth a shot.
In the future, if your images stop working again, I'd say just check the Image Source on a picture from your tumblr feed, check with the current number is, and change everything to that one. Pain in the ass, sure, but at least it seems to work!
Here's an example of a broken image, that is just no longer showing up:
https://67.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Click on that, and it'll tell you Server Not Found. I was curious why when the address used to be correct, so I started looking at currently working tumblr images to see if they'd changed the way they format their image addresses and that broke a lot of them.
Long story short, they don't. But I did notice something:
https://68.media.tumblr.com/1b11016331f105b56f8863b8f779c6c0/tumblr_op6q7j3Vc81u9eqtio1_540.jpg
https://68.media.tumblr.com/3eabdd9d1dff4028fd8aeb068a3e1dac/tumblr_inline_op93gesPzs1r938wk_540.gif
https://68.media.tumblr.com/4ed4ac83c1541f88d2912bb3e1db5e46/tumblr_opcgkpY9rP1qffv77o1_540.jpg
It's the beginning number. They keep changing them, though I don't know why. But, theoretically all you have to do is update the first number in the address and it should start working again. So let's try it with the first one I posted, that wasn't working:
https://67.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Make it a 68 instead, and...
https://68.media.tumblr.com/ed6491879f665c9be71d5b4ec30f968d/tumblr_nng2mmHhE21rw5um0o1_500.gif
Suddenly there's an image again. I can't guarantee it'll work with every tumblr image that no longer works, but it's worked all the way back to the 40's so far, so.. at the very least, it's worth a shot.
In the future, if your images stop working again, I'd say just check the Image Source on a picture from your tumblr feed, check with the current number is, and change everything to that one. Pain in the ass, sure, but at least it seems to work!
