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Imgur really jumped the shark by doubling down on social features. Image hosting has seen a lot of players come and go. It’s a simple service complicated by bus
by t34543 7y ago
Imgur really jumped the shark by doubling down on social features. Image hosting has seen a lot of players come and go. It’s a simple service complicated by business.
The Craigslist model comes to mind. Looks the same, works the same, and cheap to run compared to their traffic volumes.
https://www.developerfusion.com/media/76730/how-craigslist-works-with-jeremy-zawodny/ https://www.developerfusion.com/media/76730/how-craigslist-w...
- StavrosK 7y ago> Imgur really jumped the shark by doubling down on social features. I don't know if you can blame them (then again, that hasn't stopped my IMGZ character from doing it), nobody's going to pay to upload memes and they have to make money somehow, and social was one alternative. There aren't many ways to monetize serving an image...
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