Went to browse imgur today in my browser, and this pop-up appears when trying to swipe past the first post. There is no way around it that I can see. Looks like the only way to access content is now via the app.
So I guess in not using it anymore… (Also, ironic first post).
My old ass just thinks of imgur as the site we used to have to use to host photos you wanted to share on forums.
I dont think I’ve ever visited it to just browse photos for fun.
I did a few times, it felt strange like wandering around the back rooms at the mall or something like that
It’s purpose was literally for hosting hotlinked photos on sites that didn’t provide an upload; namely Reddit at the time
Amusingly, at some point there was a user base in that site that would criticize people who posted random images that got shared out on other sites. You could randomly find hate comments on your posts if you used it without adding any context
How bizarre.
Oh, I recall. At the time there was an option of posting as “public” (which would appear on the Imgur feed) and “private” (which just gives you a link to use for other sites), and people would post all kinds of things to “public”, including passport photos and personal stuff.
I used to like, 10-15 years ago. It wasn’t amazing, but it filled that role of a place to doom scroll. Then they forced all this crap into the site to make it more “social” completely ruining whatever little bit of good the site had.
It’s a shame because I do kinda miss it sometimes. It was like browsing r/all but with several times the content. Having no separate subreddits/communities meant you could see such a massive variety of content that not even reddit at it’s peak could quite match.
And users instantly downvoted selfies, too, which was nice. Political stuff got tiring, but then there were sea slugs to cleanse that.
I go for the meme dumps. Also the politics is surprisingly extremely progressive.
I uploaded images of my Neopets for my Xanga to Photobucket.