User:EoflaOE/sandbox/Imgur

This page is WIP. You can freely edit it as long as you don't vandalize. Imgur is a website that allows you to share your images to the community. It was originally created by Alan Schaaf for Reddit, but it's now an image sharing website with features like commenting on images, upvoting and downvoting, and making albums out of images.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Ever since Imgur gained features like comments, upvotes, and downvotes, the community is notorious for being toxic.
 * 2) *A user was proud of his selfie so he decided to post it to Imgur for Reddit uses. It was met with users bullying him just because he posted a selfie.
 * 3) *Another user posted an image of his computer with cables managed well to Imgur with the title of "Cable management," and began to get a bit downvotes with one of the commenters saying "Where?" We are not joking.
 * 4) *Another user got his comment deleted because he didn't agree with the community and staff's common opinions.
 * 5) *A crotchet project maker posted an image of the project, and he thought that he needs to make it public. He received downvotes and negative comments. Proof
 * 6) *A few years ago, yet another user told his girlfriend to use Imgur if she wants to use her selfie for an art project, so she decided to use it. After few moments, the community disliked that selfie with insulting messages. Proof in gallery.
 * 7) *A user posted a GIF and got insulted by what he calls "trolls." Proof
 * 8) It has been believed that Imgur is infested with anti-right propaganda.
 * 9) *The community is currently posting anti-right propaganda images, and upvotes anyone who posted such images. Apparently, the anti-right images get promoted to the front page minutes after posting, and if the image or comment is deemed anti-left, such material would get downvoted to obscurity or removed.
 * 10) **A user has called a person who called him a "trumptard" an "r-tard", and he got his comment deleted after few minutes. Proof
 * 11) *The staff members seem to do nothing about anti-right propaganda images or comments while also disabling anyone who post anti-left images or comments, thus making them far-left.
 * 12) **After the above user got two strikes for doing nothing wrong, he tried to contact the staff members, but got no response.
 * 13) *It seems that the community is also anti-Trump, because people in the comment section wished Trump to die. How rude is this?
 * 14) **What's worse is that the moderation team didn't even remove these comments that wish Trump to die.
 * 15) *Not only the comments or images that are anti-left will be deleted or downvoted, but also the rational comments or images that oppose their political views will also be deleted or downvoted.
 * 16) *If the comments that you've made aren't hate speech in general, the staff will delete them, which suggests that you can't have free speech. Proof
 * 17) There are a lot of reposts, recycled memes, and excessive cat pictures. That means if you wanted to look for a specific picture, you will have to dig through the long list of repetitive pictures. Proof in gallery.
 * 18) The community can also make fun of autism just because they're different, which is disrespectful to people with autism. Furthermore, one user has seen an 8-page post where it involves more than one person trying to defend the victim from all the mocks that the community throws. Proof
 * 19) *The staff did nothing about it.
 * 20) One user even made a meme about having sex with their daughter, and it has already made users like this one give up using Imgur. Proof in gallery.
 * 21) Some of the pictures can be offensive content like pornography, and the staff haven't dealt with it yet, according to the parents' reviews.
 * 22) Somewhere in 2019, one user has been logged in as someone else without intending to. It's probably because their systems were flawed. Proof
 * 23) Imgur is known to be compressing high-resolution pictures to the point that some of the images are unreadable if you're on the image's page. Thankfully, you can turn it off in Settings.
 * 24) *To add insult to injury, Imgur can compress high-res images insanely if you upload files without being signed in (anonymous.) Proof
 * 25) They are also notorious for making the mobile experience worse as time goes on. Here are a few examples below:
 * 26) *The mobile users were met with the pictures that are compressed highly to the point that some of the text-pictures can be unreadable.
 * 27) *It seems that they have put the green box that tells you to download the app and that it has more than 15,000 5-star reviews. However, it's too large, and it can take up half of the screen on smaller devices just like the picture shown on the gallery.
 * 28) *On top of that, whenever you go to any Imgur direct link in mobile, it will take you to its bloated page instead of a standalone picture.
 * 29) **Thankfully, you can remedy that by long tapping the image, opening it in a new tab, and doing some URL hacks including setting width to insane values so you will get a high-res version. Or, request the desktop version of the site and go to the same link starting with i.imgur.com.
 * 30) *It seems that they have made it impossible to upload from mobile as the Upload button is now replaced by Get App unless you request the desktop site. Proof
 * 31) *They had the nerve to disable comment posting for mobile site, replacing it with the Get App button, which is annoying. Proof in gallery.
 * 32) There are trackers on the site that can sell your data. Proof
 * 33) There is an anonymous upvoting and downvoting mechanism, and that can be abused too. Proof
 * 34) Also, the comments are limited to 140 characters, so you can't describe the image properly if your comment is long.
 * 35) They have banned the word "Trigglypuff," which offended users. Proof in gallery.
 * 36) Users who are registering on Imgur are now obligated to enter their phone numbers. For what? Spam calls.
 * 37) *We have this user who's been spam called by the sales representatives that barely speak his language.
 * 38) *Although unauthorized calls are forbidden in this user's country, his phone number not being known to the web, especially the data miners, and him not joining any promotional offers, it appears that he was being spam called by Imgur with  and they never stop. He's told them not to call him, but they didn't listen.
 * 39) If you've uploaded a picture anonymously, you will be required to sign up. After signing up, the post will be gone and must be reuploaded, which is a time waster. Proof

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some of the images, especially the memes, are funny.