thrane88
25380
1189
53
Aug 27, 2025 7:38 AM
thrane88
25380
1189
53
imd2101
Can do
Samja192
This is a far more effective protest. They have probably been loving the huge spike in engagement the last few days
SergeyPrkl
i'd say, a month. I don't even visit the site so often. I may add some photos to it couple times per week. And toss a comment now and then. This year have been busy though.
ThatBobbersonBoy
That's my secret. I never upvote
thedarklord187
Yeah because if you go silent and give them a break then they win they can ban easier they can stop the floodgates keep the pressure on them Don't give up The person that keeps repeatedly posting this is a part of their plan this is a Honeypot don't fall for it.
ravenousj
I'm down. That's a holiday anyway. I've got PC gaming, bowling and movies scheduled.
18booma
Not just stop posting or liking. Don't open the app/website. We can do one day guys! September 1st it is!
d3jake
Except the bots will keep posting.
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Ok i wont. For a week. No opening this rotting corpse
Deadflower394857
Alternate plan: try to make the actual world better in real life. Use imgur to decompress sometimes. Eventually the fascists lose and we build a utopia.
dirtyFrenchman
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlbWptNXNieGNjeWN6ZzhkODd2NmU3aWVleG1iMnFxc3k2aHVzZG1vcSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/c16VH0CFMh7gOqqXOM/200w.mp4
Peppylittlespitfire
I’m down for it
trugabadaba
I'll do my part by blacking out entirely, forever.
knexusatx
Post the gif
Peden1
What if we just continue berating them and don't give up our freedom of speech
tomekEl
I was thinking the same thing this morning. Complete blackout, once a week - for fun :)
PuppyBella
I can do that...
cargys
Do it for a month. One day is nothing. A full month of no ad revenue would signal an alarm
Rylinn
Okay this is my last comment for a week at least. Not going to open from now on. See you on the other side <3
TheDefective
Users unaware of the strike will strikebreak/scab without being aware of the action. This just feels like a plot to make us stop posting fuck medialabs and intergalactic quality gifs from behind an adblocker.
CatSparkleBreaker
Way ahead of you, I barely post already!
Athanar
A week would send a bigger message. We should go for that, first week of September.
Nbiakro
Let's do it
quzar
Did whoever start this explain why they'd want to downgrade the general strike+picket line that has been going on to a boycott? A boycott means that the small portion of active users who are boycotting leave the site to operate for the scabs who don't want to.
Picketing means that the vast majority of users who come here just to see cats and tits turn away rather than browse the site. That would far outweigh the relatively few actively participating in the picketing.
Someshithead241
One day protests do nothing. It needs to be longer
thedarkcanuck
A real boycott would involve everyone deleting their accounts. I'll be doing that when imgcat or whatever it's called is up and running
mymustachecallstheshots
Nah, upvote everything day, but ALL day. Dont abandon, make the site unmarketable.
Marsupialmessiah
Or discuit.org. imma delete everything over the next few days, been here since 2014 and i will not support another twatter.
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
Block ads at the DNS level by changing your DNS settings to use an ad blocking DNS server like dns.adguard-dns.com. I don't see a single ad on mobile with this.
FuzzBall87
I just straight up have adguard installed on my phone and use that.
whoatherebigfella
Should we also stop paying for the site too?
dghughes
As soon as they start making and posting all the content.
BillHubbard
You pay for this?
whoatherebigfella
None of us do. I forgot the /s
OutboardOverlord
Tag: "Boycut" ? Are you jewish?`
RoboUnicornFishBalls
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cmFzaDFycTNwMzN4Z2t1NHpnbWVzZjVxdXZndWxqOGw5ZnlobHBsayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/dBT6El6m9IzsaX6ZfC/200w.webp
SennenGoroshi
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
To be actually helpful: The correct term is: boycott
OutboardOverlord
Thanks! I just thought it was funny, didn't really think that far :)
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
1. Could be Islamic
2. You magnificent manifest bastard!
PrincessWasabi
Is it also a Christian thing or just happens to occur commonly in Christian nations
thrane88
Lmao, non native speaker.
OutboardOverlord
No worries, I didn't mean it as criticism, I just thought it was funny :)
Nbiakro
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eXlhdm51dWU4MmhxMG56Yjdza2hidGt2c3ZpNTA1aG1rYzhuYWM2aiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/VEzlnrK1qFljEKVNYn/200w.webp
thrane88
Didnt take it as such. Laughed as well :D
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
If this is going to happen, we would probably need a lot of users to start posting this *a lot* to get the word out in time. Otherwise I don't see it happening - people won't join the protest if they don't know about it, and with international users, that means repeated exposure for at least a full 24 hours to reach most users.
Teas
Thank you.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
There is some confusion about the date though.
Some want to move it to the 3rd because of 50501 protests in the US.
I don't see the conflict, but here we are...
Might just do both dates...
Teas
Going to the protests would mean not being on imgur anyway, not sure what the trouble is, but either way is good.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Exactly. Someone said they didn't want to "steal attention" from the protests, but I reeeeeeeally don't think there is any chance of Imgur stealing **ANY** attention from that. There just isn't an overlap in news coverage.
karenishra
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ODVoYmZzY3R5eXhxN2cxd2g2aTBoeWNhdDcyNWN4YXJsaDFldzlmeiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/YYfEjWVqZ6NDG/200w.webp
MimaMaxima
Reposted!
pimt665
Reposted twice, will rererepost some more
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I recommend making minor changes to the image each time, doesn't even have to be visible, just to change the image's digital "fingerprint".
thrane88
Im starting with the man in the mirror ;)
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Sure - my point is that a single person boycotting imgur for one day can't even be statistically measured. Numbers are important in this context.
TheMershedPerderder
Help me repost it then!
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I will, I was just gauging if this was getting some traction first, but now it is on the frontpage, so that seems to be the case.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Also: Done.
Ekibwurm
dont even visit the site. not a single viewing. let them see how bad it can drop. ads dont care if you upvote or upload, but not loading the page = no ads viewed = no revenue. and aside from a few bots, this would certainly hurt them
mymustachecallstheshots
I think it would hurt them more to do upvote everything day, but every day. If we bolt they can try to attract more users, need to make the site unmarketable.
whoatherebigfella
With 41 million US members, it would be just a drop in the bucket if you didn’t visit the site. You should consider not paying them for the use of the site instead.
whoatherebigfella
Let me correct that. 41M
US monthly unique visitors
Mortbise
uBlock says "Hi"
KayNiner
was gonna say, I've been behind so many adblockers that I forgot that imgur even HAS ads...
Ekibwurm
oh i got them too, but they can use the argument 'we have so many visitors a day' to sell ads. if we drop the views, they will feel it.
thrane88
True, but engagement is keeping ppl on the landing pages for longer, giving the ads longer exposure time, hence making the ads less valuable by not engaging.
Ekibwurm
feels like if no one shows up it'd be even more devastating. imagine going from millions of visits a day to barely a few thousands. that will sound all alarms
whoatherebigfella
That would never happen but we could imagine it. https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlNHU3c2Mwc3AyNm0xajhhMHpqMWFsdTNsaGM3MGc4ejY4MjlhMjA2NyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/xMVru5JjpyjuEIha5N/200w.mp4
thrane88
True!