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Image Post Won't Disappear (Google Drive)

An image post was automatically generated when I dragged an image into my Google Drive. It never goes away even though the image file has been removed from Google Drive. I'm wondering how to fix this and prevent this from happening. Could we have a button to purge the cache or notify the CDN to delete our stuff immediately? It's kind of annoying and sometimes troublesome to fail to delete inappropriate content immediately.

I've sent emails to customer service but think others might have come across the same issue, so I'm also posting it here. I sincerely hope that the site can truly reflect the file structures on our cloud storage in real time. If a file is already removed from our end, it should not stay on the site for hours or days. Better yet, we could be allowed to delete files directly from dashboard since Blot keeps a copy of data on its server. It's not really a good experience to be unable to delete unwanted data at the user's discretion.


Also, I think it would be better if Blot could automatically post an image or file only when its name starts with an underscore. Most of the time users don’t just hope to post an image with a default caption “image” and a default title “image.” Automatic posting doesn’t make much pragmatic sense. It may even create problems when a file is unintentionally uploaded to the cloud drive, considering that it may stay live for an indefinite amount of time.


What's more, I can't switch to DropBox. Upon authorization it says ":( Error"


a year ago, 4 replies   bug   google-drive   Improve this question

I deleted my blog and started all over again. Now it's good. But still, I hope the image post issue will be fixed asap and users are able to delete stuff from the dashboard (Blot's server). It could be very terrible if unwanted stuff gets posted but can't be deleted immediately. Thank you!

Answered a year ago · Improve this answer

I had a pesky .html file. I learnt it's wise to empty the Google Drive trash. After that I deleted the folder with the offending file and needed to rebuild the folder with the correct file. I have a feeling Google Drive is messing with directories in the background and blot.im isn't picking up all states.

Answered a year ago · Improve this answer

The issue with setting up Dropbox should now be resolved – please try and re-connect and it should go through! Sorry about this

Answered a year ago · Improve this answer