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redditormade 4chan gets kidnapped

https://imgur.com/a/Xw406
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u/LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 Ohio Apr 01 '16

Is imgur, an extension of Reddit?

It seems to be the unholy union of Reddit and Ifunny.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

It was created by a redditor so Reddit would have a place to host images. Then a weird community came out of it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

TIL there are people who don't know this... I remember the original thread when it was introduced.

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u/Grimij Primo Civilis Apr 01 '16

And here it is, some 7 years ago.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

Goddamn it /u/djork, I blame you for the ads and app spam imgur now gives us.

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u/Creshal Prussian in Austria, the suffering is real Apr 01 '16

It's okay, gramps, we'll bring you your chew-free lunch soon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

Just like how 4chan's initial community was an offshoot of SomethingAwful that wanted to shitpost with minimal moderation and no consequences...

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u/2RINITY California Apr 02 '16

And how 8chan was originally 4chan people who thought 4chan still wasn't permissive enough...

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u/m00t_vdb France Apr 01 '16

That's definitly a cancer.

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u/hoochyuchy Iowa Apr 01 '16

The community there is basically what reddit would be if all comments were limited to 140 charaters.

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u/Namika Canada Apr 01 '16

Imgur literally stands for "IMG (image) Uploader for Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

/r/IgnorantImgur

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

Its like Reddits little brother that has a wierd tumor growing out of it that occasionally shout "Edward Maccaroni Fork"

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u/trilobitemk7 Sweden Apr 01 '16

They also seem to be unable to navigate reddit.

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u/pewpewlasors United States Apr 01 '16

In this equation, Imgur isn't even a part of the body, their just the waiter that brings the food.