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I've seen it. It depends on the referrer. When coming from Reddit, visitors will not be redirected.
test link: http://i.imgur.com/PhY2HUP.jpg is this happening for anyone in thread? maybe try holding down CTRL and hammering the link to see if it's a probability thing? I have never seen the behavior being described.
I'm not on mobile.
The imgur hate in here is odd. It seems like people are just assuming the worst based on one critical comment thread that got turned into a techcrunch article. Which is understandable, I don't understand how they can offer a free unlimited image hosting site (and they've offered it for so long that, well, you can see the backlash they got when direct linking is taken away). Still, their management seems savvy enough…
People who have negative opinions of things you clearly like often found those opinions in experiences you are unaware of. My opinion on Imgur involves eight years of context, remembering pre-Imgur Reddit as well as Quickmeme, watching Imgur rise and fall, observing the psychology of i.imgur.com leading to upvotes of Reddit, knowing a pretty religious Imgurian who goes to meetups, etc. However, because I disagree wit…
Regardless, I'm a daily user on a variety of platforms (mobile w/o adblock being one of them) so I am confused that I haven't encountered the highly annoying behaviors people are describing: direct image links being hijacked or super annoying browser-highjacking mobile ads (which I have run into in the past). If I had then I would be rightfully pissed as everyone else seems to be.
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I've seen it. It depends on the referrer. When coming from Reddit, visitors will not be redirected.
test link: http://i.imgur.com/PhY2HUP.jpg is this happening for anyone in thread? maybe try holding down CTRL and hammering the link to see if it's a probability thing? I have never seen the behavior being described.
The imgur hate in here is odd. It seems like people are just assuming the worst based on one critical comment thread that got turned into a techcrunch article. Which is understandable, I don't understand how they can offer a free unlimited image hosting site (and they've offered it for so long that, well, you can see the backlash they got when direct linking is taken away). Still, their management seems savvy enough…
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Because they probably aren't charities, and can't afford to donat e Free resources for your perpetual enjoyment?
> Because they probably aren't charities, and can't afford to donat e Free resources for your perpetual enjoyment? Then why did they start a free service to begin with, if they knew from the start it couldn't last? Right, to trick people into becoming dependent on the free service so they'll be reluctant to leave once the shady, UX-degrading monetization starts. You'll forgive me if I'm not sympathetic to that busine…
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test link: http://i.imgur.com/PhY2HUP.jpg is this happening for anyone in thread? maybe try holding down CTRL and hammering the link to see if it's a probability thing? I have never seen the behavior being described.
Make it HTTPS and the direct link works: https://i.imgur.com/PhY2HUP.jpg (for me, at least).
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I've seen it. It depends on the referrer. When coming from Reddit, visitors will not be redirected.
test link: http://i.imgur.com/PhY2HUP.jpg is this happening for anyone in thread? maybe try holding down CTRL and hammering the link to see if it's a probability thing? I have never seen the behavior being described.
When you click on a link the browser sends 'html' as http accept header. If you link the image using img src the browser sends 'image' as http accept header.
So if you send image with a small expire header, the server can redirect you to the site, if you click on a link.
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"direct" links to an image uploaded sometimes/usually redirect to imgur page, with lots of ads and shitty content, obnoxious, animated overlays that block out part of the image on mobile, etc
To be fair, bandwidth isn't free. Imgur can't serve hotlinked content for free, forever.
"Man, all the image hosts suck ass and get in the way of me just seeing the damned image. I'm gonna create a new one, without all the cruft!"
"This image host is going well, but the bills are killing me. We'll have to add ads, but obviously only where they're unobtrusive."
"We're still bleeding cash, but we've got a huge userbase. We need to monetize it better. We'll toss in a couple interstitials to drive up ARPU."
"Man, all the image hosts suck ass and get in the way of me just seeing the damned image. I'm gonna create a new one, without all the cruft!"
