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Ending support of public folder
Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.
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As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Publ...
- LGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.
In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
Dropbox are about to kill part of the internet.
How?
Newer users may not realise that Dropbox once included a Public folder for shared links. Everything in that folder got a unique URL which could be copied and given to any other individual(s) as a direct link to that content, or which could be embedded into another forum post so that - e.g. - an image would appear.
Dropbox stopped giving a Public folder to new users a few years ago, but existing users were told they could continue to use theirs. There are now millions of links on the internet which are from Dropbox users’ Public folders.
Now Dropbox are discontinuing the Public folder for ALL users. If this wasn't bad enough (after the promises which were made), Dropbox are refusing to ‘grandfather’ (i.e. preserve) the links that are already out there, even after they end support for all Public folders. All such links will, overnight, become ‘dead’, wherever they are on the internet.
Dropbox refuse to explain WHY they will not preserve existing links, refuse to enter into discussion about this, refuse even to explain WHY they won't discuss it.
(If you share unease / outrage about this, copy & paste this message all over these forums & wherever else you go; Share on Facebook, LinkedIn; post a link on Twitter.)
95% of my website will die because of this, thank you dropbox.
- Mark
Super User II
For issues relating to the Public links please see https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Sharing-and-collaboration/Ending-support-of-public-folder/m-p/197906#M11718
Please do NOT post it across these forums (they will be removed as they are unnecessary) - there is already a thread about this out there.I WILL continue to post across the forums, until Dropbox ban me from the forums, then hopefully someone else will take over. The reason for continuing is precisely because DB are not preserving existing links, and EVERYONE needs to be told. The article you point people to does not address this.
The easiest way to make me stop - apart from Dropbox banning me - is for them to address and resolve the issue of preserving existing links.
- Note to everyone except Rich - if you see me stop posting, it means Dropbox have banned me from the forums. (They can't stop my account as I am not abusing my Dropbox account in any way, and the publicity that would ensue - WILL ensue - could destroy them.)
