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Imgur has a rating of 1.8 stars from 80 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Imgur most frequently mention front page, left wing, and toxic community problems. Imgur ranks 90th among Photo Sharing sites.
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Imgur goes to great lengths to police their platforms but does so in favor of high output users. So it becomes a power dynamic and if you say something they disagree with especially on Sunday when there are no moderators, then they will multi report you and get you a 24 hour ban in which you cannot defend yourself. They literally practice and allow censorship, but in a narrative changing way. Very toxic and allows abusers to feel they have a place to dominate others. They added filters now to block unwanted tags, political serial posters, and now you can also block anyone who harasses you or you suspect may be dis genuine, etc. Doesn't change the fact that many users are simply to is and can still see and harm your content activity.
Imgur does not even pretend anymore, at this point, to be unbiased or considerate of any even keeled or respectful perspectives. The bias is extremely apparent. In an age of extreme partisanship in all corners of the Internet, Imgur manages to do the impossible: it stands out. There really isn't another site that reaches this levels of blatant disregard for objectivity that the platform does. My words really don't matter, though: just look for yourself. Provoking anger, either amongst its supporters or detractors, seems to be the only goal. I suppose, somehow, that this emotional surge is supposed to be positive in the service of some greater cause, but a permanently angry and incensed population seems to be the opposite of helpful to me in attempting to solve the issues in the world, no matter what your perspective is. Imgur is what it tries so hard to tell you that it isn't: an angry, fuming monster spewing rage at the invisible "enemies" it claims to be fighting.
Imgur goes to great lengths to police their platforms but does so in favor of high output users. So it becomes a power dynamic and if you say something they disagree with especially on Sunday when there are no moderators, then they will multi report you and get you a 24 hour ban in which you cannot defend yourself. They literally practice and allow censorship, but in a narrative changing way. Very toxic and allows abusers to feel they have a place to dominate others.
They added filters now to block unwanted tags, political serial posters, and now you can also block anyone who harasses you or you suspect may be dis genuine, etc. Doesn't change the fact that many users are simply to is and can still see and harm your content activity.
I was part of the Imgur community for years. Even participated in the holiday gift exchange. Finally had to delete my account after initially loving the content, and here are my reasons. 1: the site is manipulated by a select few who run or are involved in the site on a more than user basis. Examples are multiple accounts ability which allow self upvoting & comments, that also creates an appearance of legitimacy to false & damaging opinions or propaganda; some who post daily, have reported inappropriate content fo un-removed(favoritism). 2: There is a high number of foreign individuals who even identify themselves as such, who then post political Twitter grabs, questionable news op-ed's and more. One should ask critically why so many foreign individuals want to churn a political landscape they are no party to. I've never posted to any forum on a daily basis, about another country's politics, have you? Think: an Australian citizen in Australia posting every day about American riots, this politicians speech or act, even pushes to go vote. 3: With an overwhelming young, still in school set of users, this site isn't great for minds still developing. I would also note that on the political scale this is a far left platform. 4: I've seen animal sexualization, police hate to the point of endorsing violence, disdain for historical facts unless attached to race, rampant misinformation with sources completely cut away, and argumentative people called "trolls" who dominate all attempts at productive conversation and healthy debate. They will stalk, intimidate, curse, name call and bully in order to smash any dissent which creates a false appearance of legitimacy. 5: If you disagree at all on any one thing or have an opinion they do not endorse they will message friends to come comment on your post. Or they will call you racist and attack you personally. Interesting how being anti violence gets you so much hate. I've even seen pro China, pro Putin posts that conveniently ignore history.
* It's worth also noting that before some of the major changes Imgur endorsed, pre 2017, it was a really great site. Few politics, few hateful people and mostly open to debate on a wide range of subjects. If you are a moderate non-extremist this site isn't for you.
Tip for consumers:
If you want we this site try not to engage in comments. And feel free to block negative aggressive users.
Fun site, with mostly original content. Better than others of the sort.
Imgur is pronounced "imager" or, as the site helpfully explains, "image - er". So, nothing like Flickr, then. But very much web 2.0 all the same. So, that's the daft name out of the way, what's the rest of it like?
The basic concept is nothing new. It's a simple photo sharing site which accepts your images in unlimited numbers and stores them in albums, and allows you to pass the address links on to your friends and family. It also encourages you to post on social services such as Reddit and Stumble Upon, Twitter and of course Facebook.
Additionally it provides extra tools in the form of stand-alone apps and services and browser plugins, so that you can add pictures as you find them on the web, and copy them from other social sites and blogs, and upload them direct from your screen with a simple right-click.
The interface is black and the controls are unintrusive, perhaps too much so. Initially I spent a long time looking for the "delete" option only to find a tiny trash bin icon that I'd previously missed, and it's not immediately clear whether "gallery" refers to your personal gallery or the site gallery, or whether "tools" refers to your own tools or the external tools. It's not hard to figure out, but it's not entirely intuitive the first time around either.
Functionally it's simple. There are many ways to upload, and storing images in albums is just a matter of selection and of naming the albums. Each picture is offered to you with a selection of links all ready for use in email, or in web pages, or forums and blogs. Buttons for the social sites are provided.
On uploading you may choose to re-size your original images to fit a range of standard screen sizes, and the site automatically reduces the file size of overly large files for you rather than rejecting them. At this stage, you can find that little icon and delete an image too. Beware, though, because once an image is accepted and filed, you can't delete it yourself but have to send a request for the site to do so and explain why. So if you aren't sure, don't, and make sure that you become sure before you move off the Upload screen and your last chance at self-deletion. In a way it's not really too important, since uploads are infinite anyway and mistakes may be kept private.
The gimmick is this: make a photo public and post it everywhere you can, and if it becomes popular enough it makes the site's Gallery and front page and the whole world, or at least that part which is aware of the site, will see it. This is optional, as you may choose to keep a photo private and only share the link with friends, instead, but the temptation to get an image that goes viral is pretty strong, even if you do have to "borrow" it from elsewhere.
All uploads are anonymous, and the site collects no personal data other than your IP address. You choose whether to make it apparent that it's your image or not, when you post it elsewhere or tell your friends. There's no nod to copyrights as far as I saw, so you can take whatever you like from anywhere on the web and copy it here.
The basic account is free and no registration is needed; a registration gets you the chance to add captions and do some other more advanced stuff, and there's a $24 per year Pro account that you'll need to read about, to see if that's more suited to your needs. The basic account will satisfy many, though, and it's a simple way to upload images for free and remain anonymous.
I knocked a couple of points off for the slightly baffling interface and the encouragement to copy other people's work, but added one back because it let me upload one of my own in the hopes that virality, if not virility, will at last be mine.
http://i.imgur.com/z1g3z.jpg if you're interested.
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