Archived Stop giving Reddit traffic. Use archive.today or slimgur. (MeanwhileOnReddit)
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Archived Stop giving Reddit traffic. Use archive.today or slimgur. (MeanwhileOnReddit)
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[–] martinidude 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I know Imgur was created FOR reddit, but I thought it was separately owned. Why should we avoid it?
[–] Bad-Yeti 1 point 8 points 9 points (+9|-1) ago
From what I understand, they are using many of the same censorship policies as reddit.
[–] cfl1 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Nope, a single VC firm (Andreessen Horowitz) has the main chunk of imgur and a big holding in reddit. reddit also has a direct stake in imgur.
[–] martinidude ago
I didn't know that. Thanks.
[–] fluffingtonthefifth 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They're censorship happy.
[–] frankenmine 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Some of reddit's investors have also invested millions of dollars into imgur. They're not independent. When reddit's board makes a decision, they do so with a view to favor imgur and shut out competitors, and vice versa. This is almost certainly what happened with the hard banning (changed to a soft ban, when exposed) of slimgur site-wide.
[–] ack 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
There's a slimgur ban on Reddit?