Sadly, I don’t know if you can survive as the site as it is now is almost impossible to navigate. I’ve been a member since 2009. Photonet was an absolute pleasure to use. They even had a 4 picture a day upload limit to stop people dumping 5 years of photos on the site (although I think it had more to do with the “storage space” they had.)
My point is, I realize that “ownership” may have changed but why did the mechanics of using this app have to change. It was easy and people loved it. Go back to it ( if you can!)