To be clear, open source is nice but not a requirement. However ... • Aaron Parecki

Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Oct 6
Hello internet friends!

What is the best way to share a set of photos with a select few people, while being able to add more photos over an extended period of time? Must not rely on creating an account like on iCloud.

I have my own thoughts but I am interested in other ideas!

To be clear, open source is nice but not a requirement. However I don't want to require that someone who has no current affiliation with a big name like Apple/Google/Amazon have to create an account on that service.

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- shawn eisenach twitter.com/wholewheattoast
  
  Flickr?
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 5:42pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Black Dalek twitter.com/ProCopy_Aus
  
  I'm pretty sure there's still a free version that allows up to 2Gb of storage ( pretty similar to Dropbox in functionality really)
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 10:48am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- logoninternet mastodon.social/@logoninternet
  
  @aaronpk traditional photo albums with enough extra pages and inviting people over to your house
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 10:17am +00:00
- 🌮 Dave Millar 🌮 puz.fun/@dave
  
  @aaronpk i haven’t tried it, but I believe you can request people to add files to a folder in Dropbox without an account, and share a link that allows viewing of the folder as well.
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 5:36am +00:00
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  I'm glad it works but that sounds like the most convoluted way to solve this 😅
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 3:45am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Jeremy Fiel twitter.com/jeremyfiel
  
  I share vids and stuff with an Azure storage account and set a SAS key with an expiration. Then share the url.
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:49am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Jay Schell twitter.com/TVJAY419
  
  I use Nextcloud to share certain photo albums with people and because it has a sync tool, they can sync the album to their computer if they want.
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:46am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Good thing I already run a NextCloud instance!
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:44am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Jay Schell twitter.com/TVJAY419
  
  Nextcloud
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:42am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Jenny (phire) twitter.com/phirephoenix
  
  Dropbox public links let you view without an account, and that’s just a folder view. May not be good enough UX for photo browsing though.
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:39am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Hm that looks nice but may be a bit more "pro" than what I'm looking for in this case
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:33am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Black Dalek twitter.com/ProCopy_Aus
  
  We use hightail for distributing audio/ video & artwork files - You could use that. You can send a group folder and have work spaces - You can also have password protected files/links.
  
  Fri, Oct 7, 2022 2:32am +00:00 (via brid.gy)

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