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Off topic: is it common to hot-link images away from your own site to (in this case) imgur.com ?

On a corporate network it means I can read the post, but not see the blocked images.

Is it just for the author to save bandwidth on - what appears to be - a wordpress site?

I've seen it done, but you're not supposed to.

From Imagurs TOS[1]: "...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."

[1] https://imgur.com/tos

Good point, along with the blocking on many corporate networks. Fixed!

Imgur.com is free to host images and hot link embed them anywhere.

So yeah, I guess it's to save bandwidth.

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