I want to show a picture to people. But I can\'t send the picture itself because

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I want to show a picture to people. But I can't send the picture itself because we communicate text-only. So I need to send a link to the picture hosted somewhere.

I used to use ImageShack for this, but now it is not free anymore:

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So, what other options are available?
Requirements:

Free
Images are accessible via a direct link
Link is reasonably short
Viewers see no advertisement. Uploader can be shown advertisement.
Link is not too scary (imageshare.com/pic-of-my-cat.jpg is OK, but bit.ly/3yt9e53 is scary)
Logging in before uploading allows you to remove a picture in the future

Explanation / Answer

To my knowledge imgur is about the best there is in this class right now. Usage is free and while you can link to a page that includes the image along with comments and imgur site features, you can also direct link to the image and even embed in other sites.

Image links are reasonably short by default. I disagree with your version of what makes a url "scary" (in that real scary links often have intentionally harmless names that mask their nefarious purpose) and using a hashed id value should not in itself be a scary thing. At the same time, if you have an imgur account you can set custom urls for your resources as well as locate them on your own sub-domain.

And yes, if you upload from your account you may later remove images from circulation.

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