Who ate all my pictures? "Image Upload: Unable to Contact the Server"

in steemit •  7 years ago 

First, I couldn't even log in.

Kept getting a message that Google had others trying to log into my account.
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Discord

For days on end, I'd hear horrible screeching whenever I opened Discord. Or buzzing.
Today, it works: no horrible noises, like an attack via radio frequency disturbances.

Yesterday, I got logged in to my Steemit account, but

No images show up

in my posts, or anyone else's, anywhere.

Today, most of Steemit-in-general images are back, but not all the thumbnails are. And I can't copy/paste examples because

Image Upload: Unable to Contact the Server

Images I posted yesterday or months ago have vanished from my posts.
Most of the thumbnails remain.
Go figure.

I've hunted online for others with this issue. So far, a 2-year-old post is all I've turned up:
IMAGE ISSUE: There is currently an issue with Images NOT being displayed on Steemit (all image hosts I think) - PLEASE READ by @thecryptofiend (74) in steemit • 2 years ago

Solved! Please help: „Image upload: Unable to contact the server.“
https://steemit.com/.../please-help-image-upload-unable-to-contact-the-server

Sep 10, 2017 ... Hello Steemians, I'm new here and I wanted to put a photo from me to my introducemyself-Post, but many times it always… by mundharmonika.

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I can see again!
Images are back!
Just... with no warning.... after I'd given up all hope.... BLINK!
Yay!!!

Bleh? What happened?
PC, connection, browser??

Well, at least I am glad you got it all solved now.
I never saw anything like that on Steemit or Discord.

Mysteries never end - all the images came back, but only for a few minutes!
What a tease - I was so happy - then, fall off the cliff - again.
Suddenly, my photo shows up in my profile, but NO OTHER IMAGES show up in anyone's posts anywhere on Steemit, for me. Why. Why. I know why: it's my punishement for spending too much time enjoying @kona's #dailypetphotography - cats, dogs, birds, all kinds of animals, every day, making me smile. -_-