Business Imgur bans porn

[Klen]

In case you were using it to upload fun porn pics, well that's not possible anymore.

Dear Imgurians,

We wanted to reach out to let you know that we are updating our Terms of Service on May 15, 2023.

Our goal is to unify our Terms of Service and our Community Rules for better consistency over our entire platform. As we look to the future, our new Terms of Service will better support and define our Service, allow for better safety & security of Users, and enforcement of Community Rules. Some highlights of how the Terms of Service changes may affect you:

The Community Rules will now apply to all uploads, both public and hidden. This means the following content is not permitted anywhere on Imgur:

Nudity or sexually explicit content.
Excludes educational, artistic, and informational content.

[CaptainHowdy]

Bunch of prudes . . .

[CurrentlySober]

So what about stuff already uploaded?

[Kittens]

If my sig disappears, you know why. RIP.

[fris]

Lot of 404 links for viralporn scrollgeek and others that scrape soon

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by Kittens

If my sig disappears, you know why. RIP.

Your sig falls under a work of art . . .

[brassmonkey]

can't porn be viewed as "sexual education" fuck those assholes!

[brassmonkey]

so imgur is fucking over reddit. there are tons of imgur images there! i guess they have a plan...

[Retiree]

Fuck! All images I upload to reddit are hosted on imgur! Jeez, what a nightmare this will be. Time to create a stable alternative.

[Kittens]

Originally Posted by Retiree

Fuck! All images I upload to reddit are hosted on imgur! Jeez, what a nightmare this will be. Time to create a stable alternative.

Ah yes, the image host everyone used for Reddit banned porn, so some guy created a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this site called imgur, and now they are banning porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one...

[sandman!]

i never understood the need for 3rd party sites like that.

[pornmasta]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

can't porn be viewed as "sexual education" fuck those assholes!

Exactly!
How ?

[Retiree]

Originally Posted by Kittens

Ah yes, the image host everyone used for Reddit banned porn, so some guy created a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this site called imgur, and now they are banning porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one because "fuck companies telling us what to do" and low and behold it grows into this other big site that then bans porn, so lets build a new one...

I didn't suggest someone else will build it...I say WE, as a company, should build it and WE will definitely not stop doing porn. lol

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by sandman!

i never understood the need for 3rd party sites like that.

To me, for my usage, its just the sheer convenience of it. I wanna post some image on GFY & I'm not sure if its coming from a site that doesn't allow hotlinking, or has some funny code built into the URL etc...

Drag image to desktop, drag onto imgur window, click gallery - There it is, along with the code and a button marked copy - Click that, then click paste on GFY - Job done.

Compare that to saving the pic to a special folder, renaming it to something so I can link to it, as opposed to a random string of letters and numbers, firing up an ftp program of choice, login into my server, locating a place on server for pic, locating pic on pc (in FTP program) drag the pic over to server.

Work out entire URL including what pic was called domain.com/temp/gfypic.jpg etc, then copying that to 'clipboard before using 'insert image' tag etc etc etc...

Drag / Drop / Copy / Paste of imgur beats all that nonsense. Well, that's MY usage case anyway...

[Cameltoepro]

Reddit Who? LOL Never received much traffic from them anyway..

[Retiree]

Originally Posted by Cameltoepro

Reddit Who? LOL Never received much traffic from them anyway..

Reddit traffic is huge and converts good, but you need to know what you are doing.

[TheLegacy]

Once again we're at the mercy of how one person defines educational, artistic, and informational content -- all of those fit into the image/video of a Rusty Trombone

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Retiree

Reddit traffic is huge and converts good, but you need to know what you are doing.

yeah you have to use bait and not every niche works there. i don't use imgur for my images.

[acwm.biz]

I want to know the impact it will have on existing links on Reddit

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by acwm.biz

I want to know the impact it will have on existing links on Reddit

hahahgahaha!!! read this!

Not just nudity, they're also purging all images not uploaded by a registered account. they are hitting the whole internet hard. most of mine are in my accounts

[CurrentlySober]

They didn't say anything about my poo content, so hopefully thats good to stay up...

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

They didn't say anything about my poo content, so hopefully thats good to stay up...

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

They didn't say anything about my poo content, so hopefully thats good to stay up...

[NatalieK]

wonder if they close accounts if the images are old or if they just leave them up, not allowing new images to be uploaded?

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

Howdy Ho!

[fris]

Originally Posted by NatalieK

wonder if they close accounts if the images are old or if they just leave them up, not allowing new images to be uploaded?

im wondering that too. a lot of sitees like viralporn.com, scrape subreddits with links to imgur and hotlnk the actual content so they dont have to pay for bandwidth.

im wondering if old links will be disabled too. cause i have some imgur links going back 5+ years.

reddit wil still have adult images, videos, but it wil be using its own domain

[V_RocKs]

ibb.co

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

ibb.co

if you are paying you can just buy your own hosting... cloud is cheap

[pornmasta]

https://imgur.com/a/JNwops4

I wonder if it is because this new AI trend (just a far idea, nothing clear)

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by pornmasta

https://imgur.com/a/JNwops4

I wonder if it is because this new AI trend (just a far idea, nothing clear)

could be a lot of things. ad targeting could be one. you don't want pampers ads around porn images...

[LeRoy]

Kinda like tumblr kicking out porn or porn blogger sites that go belly up. You're risking your time and work if you use those apps. Sucks this is why we can't have nice things

[Look Chang]

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

ibb.co

Nice tight ass, water comes in my mouth !

[mopek1]

New companies have certain values that allow freedom of expression including adult etc...

Once they grow big enough, on the back of adult btw, they then kick the users who built them up in the head, and proclaim to have values that do not include dirty adult users.

They all do this, Google, Tumblr etc....

[emmasexytime]

redgifs said they are happy about it https://nichepornsites.com/review/redgifs/

[MaDalton]

Tencent is investor in Reddit and with that also Imgur

And so basically the Chinese government has a backdoor

Make of that what you will

[fris]

they are removing nsfw sub reddits too

[mopek1]

Originally Posted by fris

they are removing nsfw sub reddits too

I haven't heard that or seen any. Where did you witness this?

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by mopek1

I haven't heard that or seen any. Where did you witness this?

i don't think it's true. i have not seen any removed. banned from rule violations...

[fris]

Originally Posted by mopek1

I haven't heard that or seen any. Where did you witness this?

sorry for the bad information i thought they were. found out from the nsfw subrredit moments after they are still allowing reddits own servers for nsfw

[Akali]

Make your own. A lot of scripts out there with good support.

[KrisKross]

Originally Posted by fris

im wondering that too. a lot of sitees like viralporn.com, scrape subreddits with links to imgur and hotlnk the actual content so they dont have to pay for bandwidth.

im wondering if old links will be disabled too. cause i have some imgur links going back 5+ years.

reddit wil still have adult images, videos, but it wil be using its own domain

Sounds like they'll be purging everything.

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/arti...April-19-2023-

We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account from our platform as well as nudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content. You will need to download/save any images that you wish to save if they no longer adhere to these Terms. Most notably, this would include explicit/pornographic content.