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Imgur, the Reddit image hosting offshoot, did precisely the same thing. They slowly began stripping features from the site starting with direct messaging and ev
by Causality1 6y ago
Imgur, the Reddit image hosting offshoot, did precisely the same thing. They slowly began stripping features from the site starting with direct messaging and eventually prevented mobile users from logging in at all.
- avian 6y agoWhat is Imgur’s business model these days? The app doesn’t have any (obvious) ads. There’s a small banner on the bottom, but for me it’s always just advertising Imgur’s own features. There was a time when they were pushing ads heavily on the app (like full screen ads you had to swipe away), but that apparently didn’t work out.
- Nextgrid 6y ago"Growth and engagement" is the "business" model. I'm assuming they're pushing their own features to inflate their subscriber numbers so they can try and sell out to a bigger fish.