imgur didn't forget its roots, its roots were a marketing ploy to win Reddit's trust before dialing up monetization. imgur got popular because it originally es

imgur didn't forget its roots, its roots were a marketing ploy to win Reddit's trust before dialing up monetization. imgur got popular because it originally eschewed the bloated ad-laden crapware that paid the bills of the previous imagehosts, until the runway ran out and imgur took its turn in the cycle.