Anecdotally, you are the first person I've ever seen say this. Most people I've seen vastly prefer direct links, since all they want is the image content. It'

Anecdotally, you are the first person I've ever seen say this. Most people I've seen vastly prefer direct links, since all they want is the image content. It's likely significant that I mostly encounter imgur links via reddit, which of course has its own comments/community.