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GATOS Y VATOS
Aug 22, 2002


https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1648883351233896448?s=20

New TOS tells the tale. Also all of the porn on the platform. Tons of images in threads of the past will be gone all over the internet.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

im sure this time a platform getting rid of all its porn will benefit from it

20 Blunts
Jan 21, 2017
does this make the stocks thing go up or anything like that?

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


Oh thanks waffleimages 2.0

nextlevelstart
Feb 26, 2015
My mom really likes imgur

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
Yep I moved to using my own website years ago

You Are A Werewolf
Apr 26, 2010

Black Gold!

People like familiar thing on the Internet? NO! People like change!

GENIUS.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Trying to get rid of all things NSFW?

Hey, it worked out great for OnlyFans, I bet it'll work great here.

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Wack asf

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
why do image hosting sites keep doing this

frumpykvetchbot
Feb 20, 2004

PROGRESSIVE SCAN
Upset Trowel
Flickr is coming back bigtime!

Nice Van My Man
Jan 1, 2008

No! What will become of my lovely AI art!?

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



It says the only older images they're removing are ones that weren't posted by people with accounts, which is loving stupid because Imgur accounts in general are stupid.

I wondered if Imgur might try some poo poo like this when they started requiring users to have an account to be able to upload anything a few weeks ago.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

I. M. Gei posted:

It says the only older images they're removing are ones that weren't posted by people with accounts, which is loving stupid because Imgur accounts in general are stupid.

I wondered if Imgur might try some poo poo like this when they started requiring users to have an account to be able to upload anything a few weeks ago.
they're also getting rid of all the porn, even if its hidden or marked as nsfw.

Elukka
Feb 18, 2011

For All Mankind

Robo Reagan posted:

why do image hosting sites keep doing this
I think it's because hosting people's images for free makes negative money. I think the business plan is something like this:

1. Make a new platform that's free and cool
2. Get lots of users
3. Try to turn all those users into money
4. They were only there because it was free and cool, so the platform dies
5. Someone else makes a new platform that's free and cool

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



Robo Reagan posted:

why do image hosting sites keep doing this

Revenue, most likely. They think that forcing everyone to post on accounts will drive up """""engagement""""" which equals profit somehow. Also fancy business investor people don't tend to like social-media-adjacent platforms having NSFW content on them (see also: Tumblr), so that's probably why they're wanting to get rid of the porn. Something something make stock price go up.

AlmightyBob
Sep 8, 2003

getting rid of the porn has worked so well historically

astral
Apr 26, 2004

Mx. posted:

Oh thanks waffleimages 2.0

more of an imageshack 2.0

Buce
Dec 23, 2005

welp, they dead

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




nationalize imgur, nationalize the porn

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






AlmightyBob posted:

getting rid of the porn has worked so well historically

Haptical Sales Slut
Mar 15, 2010

Age 18 to 49
Turns out making money is way more fun than being cool to the internet :(

Spoggerific
May 28, 2009


Does that mean our old friend will be okay?

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Imgur bans porn on the same day Reddit announces all NSFW content will be excluded from their API? (even though they're now going to charge for API access) Serendipitous.

Blue Moonlight
Apr 28, 2005
Bitter and Sarcastic
Well, so much for all the autohosted image uploads from the iOS Awful app!

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010
Don't use imgur, use imgbb

Also lol that some people apparently use imgur for porn

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Bad Purchase posted:

nationalize imgur, nationalize the porn

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

Another photobucket bites the dust smdh

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead
jokes aside, i wasn't aware you *could* post images to imgur without logging into an account

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010

Google Jeb Bush posted:

jokes aside, i wasn't aware you *could* post images to imgur without logging into an account

:chloe:

Lampsacus
Oct 21, 2008

i'm fairly sure i was present in the reddit thread where the creator of imgur was like "gently caress its i'm creating my own image hosting website" and they went and made imgur. so i'm pretty sure there is already the equivalent pissed off reddit comment from the eventual creator of the next one.

same river different river etc

Geemer
Nov 4, 2010



Following Tumblr's playbook to make themselves look presentable to whoever they hope to sell the site to, probably.

Google Jeb Bush posted:

jokes aside, i wasn't aware you *could* post images to imgur without logging into an account

They tried real hard to trick people into thinking you couldn't for a while. Haven't actually used it in years, so I don't know what they're up to nowadays.

astral
Apr 26, 2004

Google Jeb Bush posted:

jokes aside, i wasn't aware you *could* post images to imgur without logging into an account

Uploading without an account is the only way I've ever used it. Still worked via the API last I checked.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Does anyone know if the awful app imgur upload feature is tied to an account? I made my own imgur account years ago but I've always just used the built in uploader when I was phone posting.

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo
That's a real loving panicky tweet for some incredibly vague messaging.

They're going to delete the sort of poo poo I post on there, which gets exactly one view (most likely from the person who uploaded it) and then is never accessed again for half a decade.

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo
But it was posted on twitter, so it must be true.

NotPerfect
Sep 29, 2021
What are the goon image hosting sites? I know one of them is for the screenshot LPs but I forgot it's name.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Good I'm glad

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
their image editor loving sucks poo poo now

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Konar
Dec 14, 2006

by Fluffdaddy
so many goatses, gone like dust in the wind

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