MrGrim

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   An open and honest letter about rapid growth at Imgur(medium.com)

   3 points by MrGrim 12y ago|0 comments
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   by MrGrim 12y ago

   I disagree. User-sub is actually a really good time. Maybe you're just browsing user-sub/newest first? Try this: http://imgur.com/new/viral
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   by MrGrim 12y ago

   50% of images on the front page of Imgur come from user-sub. The algorithm that runs the front page was designed to do that.
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   by MrGrim 12y ago

   Imgur was bootstrapped for 5 years and profitable the whole time. Also, less than half of Imgur's traffic comes from reddit.
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   by MrGrim 12y ago

   Imgur is about instant gratification. As you cycle through the best images on the web, there's an oddly satisfying instant gratification effect after each one. This is the reason for both having 1 piece of content on each page, and hav