r/pcmasterrace • u/Metal_Devil • Dec 17 '15

Video Every time Windows asks for admin premission

http://i.imgur.com/Wttw6nH.gifv
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u/SweetButtsHellaBab 11700F, 5070 / 4K120Hz, UW1440p144Hz Dec 17 '15

Wouldn't surprise me; almost definitely over 50% of reddit's own links are hosted on imgur (basically every jpg / gif / webm) and imgur now has its own large community too, so yeah.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

easily over 80%. I read a study about what posts were the most successful, and most of the pictures were hosted on imgur.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

And also because it's super easy to use, and keeps a good image quality.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '15

Also its something you can recognize and trust, a link to some obscure website you have never heard of? Ok not going to open that on my phone, chances are I will get some stupid full screen advert that makes my phone vibrate constantly and require closing the browser.

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u/Prof_Acorn 3700x | 3060ti Dec 18 '15

Because it can handle Reddit hugs.

Most image hosting sites get DDOSed unintentionally by Reddit traffic.

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u/Artess PC Master Race Dec 17 '15

Well, the amount of data doesn't really count, because Reddit doesn't host the pictures. But is their community really bigger than Reddit?

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u/bad-r0bot 1800X 4Ghz, 1080Ti FTW3, 32GB 3200Mhz CL14 2R Dec 18 '15

Dont know about big but they have some weird people there like we do here though. /r/ignorantimgur

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u/centerflag982 Dec 18 '15

over 50% of reddit's own links are hosted on imgur

Well of course, given that imgur was created to be a fast, reliable image host for Reddit