Don't know what hotlinking is? Here is an explanation:

Hotlinking takes place when you direct link to a website's files (images, videos, etc). As a result, this uses up the pages bandwidth. Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from a website to a user's computer. When you view a web page, you are using that site's bandwidth to display the files. Since web hosts charge based on the amount of data transferred, bandwidth is an issue. If a site is over its monthly bandwidth, it's billed for the extra data or taken offline. In lots of sites, it is considered theft.

Avoiding hotlinking will save a lot of trouble for you guys, as some sites that know their images are being hotlinked ban people for it.

With this explained, I would like to remind you that to avoid this, simply upload your picture to image-hosting sites, such as the ones listed below:

Please note that Imgur, Photobucket, Toyhou.se and Deviantart are NOT acceptable sites to upload images from. You can see a masterlist of what is and isn't allowed in this post.

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Images by Kháos, 'how to use Gifyu'

Aeternum said:
Question: Why was imgur removed as a hosting site? It is very user friendly and easy to use in my opinion and I don't see it as any different then tinypic or say photobucket. I used to use it on here ages ago and it was fine. So just curious why it was taken off.

Forgiving Fellows said:
Question: Why is DeviantArt not a valid place to link art from?