What's the added value of using imgur's embed code rather than a good ol' <img>? Is this a trend? I would understand it for albums, but why would you do it for individual images? </rant>
"Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network."
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur...
> Nothing has changed in regards to direct linking. I'm not sure what you're seeing exactly, but we'll always allow you to direct link to any image you want.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur...
> Yes, but you can also look at it as a marketing budget. When people share links, direct or not, the other person now knows about Imgur.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ea4vi/for_the_beginne...
> People linking to the page rather than the image is what keeps imgur going. If everyone linked to the direct image then imgur would have no source of revenue. However, I want people to use the service however they want, and by no means would I ever force anyone to do it one certain way. So, I like it when people link to the page because that's how imgur makes money, but you don't have to do it if you don't want to. I'm just happy that you like the service.
what can that possibly mean? there's no way to use imgur at all without linking to it from elsewhere, except if you visit imgur.com as a destination site (which is fine, but not how imgur has been promoting itself for years)
The rest of the sentence means that <a href="http://imgur.com/foo.jpg" >linking to imgur image</a> is fine but don't directly hotlink <img src="http://imgur.com/foo.jpg "> on your site.
People just want to share a funny picture and that's okay. But if you already own web space somewhere, use it and pay those extra few cents (if anything) to host your own images.
Well, you can shaft users who browse without JavaScript turned on and help destroy the Web, all in one fell swoop!
I particularly hate how imgur requires JavaScript to use. We have had images in HTML for over twenty years now, and for some reason imgur has decided that they are above all that.
But it does sadden me to see the once-promising Web turned into what it has.