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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

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.

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

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 f…