I had noticed in this thread the pics were missing and replaced with the "Please update your account for third party viewing" . Strange as I've used photobucket for a few years (free) and never had a linking issue. I posted linked photos on this site 2 days ago and they're still up.
So after digging found photobucket is out for a quick buck it appears.
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/30/ph...hosted-images/