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I'd like to add that they also provide many useful features, like nice album views and bulk downloads. And I suspect those useful features, combined with the ey
by stdgy 13y ago
I'd like to add that they also provide many useful features, like nice album views and bulk downloads. And I suspect those useful features, combined with the eye-friendly design, help make people much more likely to paste non-direct links.
- codexon 13y agoBut the question is: Would those other image dumps would have stopped putting in hotlink protection if they knew people would change back to non-direct links? Or is it because the founder of imgur told people he made imgur just to help Reddit users? Before imgur, most links were direct. The answer to this question should be interesting to entrepreneurs here: Is it a good strategy to create a business for a large social network under the pretense of public good? Is the sheer number of users more important than how monetizable they are and the likelihood they will reciprocate?
- FreeKill 13y agoThey also offer pro accounts too for ~$25 a year, which I would imagine is fairly useful if you are a heavy user of their service. For example, since the pro account as no inactivity pruning, I bet you could setup a photography website that hosts tons of images, and use imgur as your primary image host to offset bandwidth use...