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The direct link redirecting and the extremely annoying "memebase" rebranding were the last straws for me as well.

http://mediacru.sh is a great alternative with a much more minimalist interface, and is free and open source (https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush)

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Thanks for mentioning us! I'm one of the lead devs for MediaCrush. I think what sets it apart from the traditional list of promising but eventually failed image hosts is two things:

- It's open source, so you can fork it if we screw up

- We are not a business and do not have a bottom line

I've recognized this pattern as well, and we hope to end it.

MediaCrush is indeed nice. I didn't know about it. Imgur can be painstakingly slow. A fast and right to the point image uploading service is quite refreshing.

I have a few questions.

1. Do you have accounts to store pics?

2. It would be nice if after uploading pictures the page would show all possible links like embed and share.

3. Do you plan to implement something like delete in 30 days?

Thanks.

1. No, but you can use the default localStorage mechanism. We've been slowly working on accounts for a while now, but it's not a priority.

2. Click "share" on the view page

3. No, but an external service could hook into MediaCrush to provide that

And I think those things will cause Mediacrush to overtake Imgur in the next few years; if not, something similar to Mediacrush will. Thanks for helping to create it.

My only one complaint is that Imgur has a catchier and shorter domain name, as well as shorter paths, which makes links quite a bit more condensed.

Compare:

i.imgur.com/7uCWdjw.jpg

cdn.mediacru.sh/DsmNnPHvLaLv.jpe

We plan on eventually making a URL shortener of some kind, but I like the elegance of the current URLs. They're hashes of the files you upload, which makes a lot of sense. And you can get shorter URLs and support us with eyeballs on ads if you don't use a direct link ;)

How long do you keep media?

All media is automatically deleted upon the heat death of the universe.

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