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garybeck

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5. thanks, but does that save me from

Reply to catbyte (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:15 AM

Oct 2019

having to download the image, then upload elsewhere?

my question is about whether or not there is a way to display the image directly from facebook without doing that, like you can with most other images on the net, by just referring to the URL.

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is it possible to show a facebook image in a DU thread [View all] garybeck Oct 2019 OP

Use this site catbyte Oct 2019 #1

thanks, but does that save me from garybeck Oct 2019 #5

No. Facebook doesn't want to act as a host for images to be posted elsewhere.. Princess Turandot Oct 2019 #2

Save it to your computer, then upload it to imgur.com Ptah Oct 2019 #3

right, i know how to do that garybeck Oct 2019 #4

Yeah, I know. I'll never get back the 90 seconds it took. Ptah Oct 2019 #6