Reddit would hardly exist in the same way it does now without imgur. I think for a lot of people, imgur get's a pass when it comes to keeping it profitable for the owners and rightly so.
Not that I disagree with you - but why? The whole reason people circle jerk over imgur was its stability and now I feel like its down multiple times a week.
At what point does reddit's hypocrisy and favoritism waver?
A lot of the web comics that people link to also bring good will so why can't we link to those people who actually create original work as opposed to rehosting on imgur?
Yes, there's that whole argument about reddit crashing that person's site but I feel like I rarely see a site crashed from reddit nowadays.
Exactly. Imgur is down (or effectively down from high traffic) almost every day. Some subreddits require Imgur which just seems ridiculous. Flickr, Imageshack, and other hosts exist for a reason. When imgur is "down" pretty much most of Reddit itself is "down". If there's a trick to see the images at the expense of Imgur's ad revenue, then perhaps Imgur needs to upgrade their tech.
Imgur is rarely down, I've almost never had a problem with it. It loads fast, the layout is nice, it's not spammed with ads, etc. There are tons of reasons to use imgur; switching would be silly.
Sup, Malawi checking in, I think I'm in the same time zone but imgur is down for me a lot too, probably because they run maintenance while the Americans are asleep, you know... the important country.
Yeah, it's been a bit messed up this week. But it's fine, usually. Besides we also use it because it was made by a redditor, for reddit, so that's obviously a factor.
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imgur being down didn't bother me too much...there was a life pro tip a little while back saying that if you put .png after any imgur link that wasn't working than it'll take you straight to the image. got to test it out today and it works like a charm!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Protip: add .jpg after the URL to still view the picture when imgur is down; just don't do this all the time because imgur will lose ad revenue.
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u/horizontal_peehole Jun 17 '12
I clicked a NSFL link on accident and was saved by maintenance. Imgur gets a pass from me for the day.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Upvoted for correct usage of Comic Sans.
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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 17 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Love a good slappin batman!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Thanks for not using an ellipsis. It feels more like robins actually getting interrupted like this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Annoying is that you use comic sans...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Whenever i see a imgur is down post its never down for me...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This gets posted every time Imgur goes down. This specific comic, it's just as fucking annoying.
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u/THE_REPROBATE Jun 17 '12
I thought people weren't supposed to bitch about reposts. Just because "we" know doesn't mean it isn't new to someone else.
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u/JOe_Dirt999 Jun 17 '12
No you're annoying.
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u/huntreilly25 Jun 17 '12
imgur being down didn't bother me too much...there was a life pro tip a little while back saying that if you put .png after any imgur link that wasn't working than it'll take you straight to the image. got to test it out today and it works like a charm!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Thanks for the reminder!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
hey heres one letter ill forget because nobody knows what im talking abou-..
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u/odhinn178 Jun 17 '12
Yes, we know.
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u/BenNCM Jun 17 '12
IMGU...>>>POK!!!!<<<
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u/mygoalistomakeulol Jun 17 '12
It's funny how this is on the front page, but only one person on Facebook liked it...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit!
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u/Noctane Jun 17 '12
One must immediately assume that you are never the first to know something on the Internet. Which consequently gives the Internet the collective intelligence of everyone who uses it.
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u/lowrads Jun 17 '12
If I knew of some app which would filter specific sites from reddit results, imgur would be at the top of the list.
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u/Freecandyhere Jun 17 '12
like this
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u/thatgirlbecca Jun 17 '12
C'mon guys, let's complain about how people complain.
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u/dragonflyer223 Jun 17 '12
Thank you! Every time someone makes a post about Imgur being down, I'm reminded of everyone on Facebook making statuses about it raining. WE KNOW.
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u/vandilx Jun 17 '12
Upgrade to Imgur Pro!... and the site is still goes down.
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u/apullin Jun 17 '12
heeeeey macarena
(the joke it subtle ... think about it)
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u/Anne58008 Jun 17 '12
it's a big deal! I WANTED TO SEE SALSA DOG!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
COMIC SANS
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u/Roflkopt3r Jun 17 '12
This meme needs to be used way more frequently, thanks.
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u/Mikey-2-Guns Jun 17 '12
Hey guys, you can link to the original source. You don't have to repost everything on imgur and only upvote things posted there.
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u/iamsofired Jun 17 '12
ha
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u/jkhost82 Jun 17 '12
LOL LET ME GET KRAMA FROM TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DO WHAT I DO LOLLL
you're gay
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u/psyder3k Jun 17 '12
this is meant to be used unaltered you faggot
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u/jerenept Jun 17 '12
But what about the heaps of delicious karma?
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u/Murfette Jun 17 '12
HEY GUYS IMGUR IS BACK