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[–] discoball [S] ago 

I'm opposed to using Imgur, for a number reasons:

  1. Imgur has been known to delete controversial images, such as those that might be hosted on Fat People Hate or various other subverses.

  2. It's running on VC now, so every click it gets (even to hotlinked images) only serves to make Andreessen Horowitz more money as the site appears to get more traffic. If it's ever sold, or floated on the stock market, you can bet it will have one of those absurd "tech" valuations, similar to Twitter.

  3. Lack of input. If we build something ourselves, we get to decided what to include, and perhaps more importantly, not include.

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[–] turtlesarepureevil ago 

  1. The deletion, from what I've heard, was preceded by publishing the image to the imgur community. If that step is removed, then that shouldn't be a problem.

  2. I honestly don't care who is throwing money at it as long as I can have direct links and not see ads. If someone wants to be the patron of lost causes they can go ahead.

  3. > Or advise people to not use direct links (a decent chunk)/adblock for the non-imgur site.

What's your plan if your site gains traction and big subreddits like r/donald decide its their favourite and they direct link to your site 95% of the time?

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[–] NoRagrets ago 

The deletion, from what I've heard, was preceded by publishing the image to the imgur community. If that step is removed, then that shouldn't be a problem.

Not entirely accurate.
The long version - https://archive.is/dCn7k

TL;DR - Imgur started removing images that were being posted to /r/FatPeopleHate, back when it was a thing. In retaliation FPH posted a PUBLICLY AVAILABLE image of the Imgur staff in the side bar for the sub. Shortly afterwards, Reddit banned the FPH sub.
This came to be known as "The Fattening"