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I probably should've worded that better, but that text will be changed/moved/removed in the near future anyway. The Imgur comparison really only refers to the u
by joepie91_ 12y ago
I probably should've worded that better, but that text will be changed/moved/removed in the near future anyway. The Imgur comparison really only refers to the upload/sharing process, not the non-commercial bit.
As for running off donations, I've addressed that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8034529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8034529
- dylz 12y agoimo the worst part is that imgur doesn't even permit direct linking in many cases: they will 3xx-force redirect direct links to their ad filled pages
- BorisMelnik 12y agoyikes I did not know that. I generally link directly to the imgur image itself and bypass the image page. will be on the lookout for this.
- dylz 12y agoLinking to the direct imgur image itself will trigger 3xx to the image page if a few conditions are met - referrer (is popular site), enough hits to the image (popular images trigger 3xxs), some weird cookies. It's incredibly misleading and awful. Also, try uploading an image - you might notice that the "direct link to image" textbox on the right bar no longer exists, and hasn't existed in a very long time. Check this out in term: $ curl -I -H 'Referer: http://twitter.com/' 'http://i.imgur.com/ZKfUroW.png'
- vertex-four 12y agoI just uploaded a random pic, and I definitely see the "direct link to image" box.
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- dylz 12y agoAre you logged in? http://i.imgur.com/7k3si8M.png http://i.imgur.com/7k3si8M.png
- vertex-four 12y agoYes, I am logged in.
- Already__Taken 12y agoImgur does a lot of weird things like that from growing up to be just for reddit onto being a huge entity on its own. Maybe they're using ads to help pay for the site from sources that can afford their own image hosting anyway like twitter.