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Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by amazon_not »

mozumder wrote: post #151
amazon_not wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you figure that? You can rent the exact same server as a dedicated server. The difference is, you have no capital outlay up front, you don't need to ship and rack it or replace broken parts and there is only a month-to-month commitment.

The boxes with lots of disk and memory are much more expensive when rented vs buying. SSDs are super expensive to rent, for example. I made a Skylake Xeon system with all enterprise components for $2k. You can't even rent Skylake Xeons anywhere right now.

I've never had problems ordering custom hardware from my dedicated server providers. At worst, all I've had to do is pay a one-time fee for a particular component. SSDs have never been a problem. Neither has any Intel CPU.

It of course depends on your provider.

Rent vs buy depends a lot on the circumstances. Maybe if your requirements don't change and you don't upgrade your server hardware it's cheaper in the long run to buy. However, when I've kept a server for more than a year, I've always been able to negotiate a discount.

You didn't post your config, so I can't tell how exotic your requirements are.

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by fs111 »

joshdickson wrote: post #283
makecheck wrote: post #274

Imgur forgot its roots as a dumb image host, rapidly crufting-up its service with things that were not only annoying but interfering with its basic function . If you can’t easily see an image as soon as you click on it — on mobile or otherwise — then the image service has completely failed. The sad thing is, they could have added non-intrusive ads. DaringFireball does it; write a single line of text such as “This ima…

"Daring Fireball does it" has to be the worst possible comparison imaginable. Gruber has super differentiated, high editorial value content that folks will pay a premium to put their message next to. Imgur is about as far away from that as possible. They have to try to make money, it's crazy to sit here and think you know better than they do on this. Don't you think if they could make enough money doing what you thin…

> Gruber has super differentiated, high editorial value content

Oh, you mean: "Apple products are the best! Google sucks!"

Yes, high quality content indeed...

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by Jonovono »

oolongCat wrote: post #41
whalesalad wrote: post #35

Looks like it's backed by S3 x-amz-storage-class: REDUCED_REDUNDANCY Content-Type: image/jpeg Server: AmazonS3 Can't imagine that AWS bill...

What are some better alternatives to s3?

Not sure if this is just for your private photos, but it's cheaper: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

baldfat wrote: post #240

> I saw that multiple times here on HN now that people misuse the term. It's a pity, the original idea is something to be aware of, and diluting what dark pattern means hinders that awareness. Sorry long post TL/DR Fighting people on word definitions is frustrating and words change meaning when one aspect gets popular. I have fought this war over and over again over the following words: Troll - Everything is a troll…

Trolling, in its original Usenet definition, was still more subtle than that: it was making a provocative posting solely to stir up responses. The troll probably didn't agree with the sentiment they were posting, they were just doing it to cause trouble.

"The old definition of a Troll is one who posts to generate the maximum number of follow ups. These are a very minor irritation, and can be considered to be advantageous to newsgroups."

http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by Dylan16807 »

GhotiFish wrote: post #77
yxlx wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It redirects if I have a referer. A benefit to blocking them for cross-site requests, I suppose.

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by [deleted] »

fs111 wrote: post #292
joshdickson wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Daring Fireball does it" has to be the worst possible comparison imaginable. Gruber has super differentiated, high editorial value content that folks will pay a premium to put their message next to. Imgur is about as far away from that as possible. They have to try to make money, it's crazy to sit here and think you know better than they do on this. Don't you think if they could make enough money doing what you thin…

> Gruber has super differentiated, high editorial value content Oh, you mean: "Apple products are the best! Google sucks!" Yes, high quality content indeed...

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Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by nilved »

pricechild wrote: post #288
onli wrote: post #222

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It is not mine, it is the definition. Have a look at http://darkpatterns.org/ , the video and the library, to see how it is defined.

I think that was his point, different people can define the same word in multiple ways. Just because you/your favourite source says one thing, doesn't mean everyone else agrees, for better or worse.

Actually my definition of "definition" is that it is strict.

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by ourcat »

From 2014 When Imgur took $40MM in Funding : http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/after-five-years-of-bootstr...

"In addition, the Reddit investment will finally formalize the already friendly relationship between the two sites, making them more symbiotic and maybe even more integrated in some way, though Schaaf declined to go into details as to what’s ahead for the two, only saying that there’s no promise of Imgur being Reddit’s “official” image host at this time."

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by Keyframe »

It was inevitable. Not because of imgur going bad (did they? They did take some questionable moves regarding direct image links, but can't blame them considering volume). It's because of ye olde adage here on HN. If you your business relies on someone else, be prepared for their moves (to not use harsher words). Large volume of popular reddit-submitted content is imgur based. They have to get (back) that under control. Smarter move would be to outright buy or merge with imgur, considering their content and user base, but that probably have been considered.

Re: Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur

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Post by Dylan16807 »

Aoyagi wrote: post #138
zitterbewegung wrote: post #18

Having a third party host Reddit's images gave away a bunch of control to the point that imgur has its own community based upon the site . At the time Reddit didn't have the resources to make a competitor but this seems to be a good move now that imgur is doing dark patterns.

Well, their "gifv" "innovation" was enough for me to stop using them completely.

The ability to host a silent webm and then link to either gif version or webm version is something you find negative?

My only annoyance there is that sometimes the embed bugs out a bit, but that's mostly firefox's fault.

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