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brokehackfourlane
thats disgusting! where exactly?
Larirari
It's about to go away in May
hnngh
extra mature
MadeYouLookAgain
cowboyshooter
This site is getting so immature!
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
Nightcaste
Bruh!
Ijustwantquiet
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
tryyshokk
The internet has always had smut, and it's not even that hard to find.
sluggyragnorok
I am today years old on finding this out. I still don't know what that means, and I am too afraid to ask.
Galfronon
johnzaku
Zega000
The other version is a reason I got a warning strike
mandy009
It used to show up in feeds both here and on reddit, but a few years back when they both went their separate ways to appeal to wider audiences, it went underground. For a while it's essentially only been accessible from the quarantined subreddits.
kerflufflesmash
Thought the same. Never knew it was on here
SweetJudyTenuta
ScarecrowSticks
Settings: Mature Content
SpammersAreScum
So, I click the box, I click Save, and I'm told "That user name is not available". That user name of course being mine, so of course it's "not available". I'm not TRYING to select it.
Hackmastergeneral
I like mature content - who doesn't? But I trust absolutely noone on this page to send me stuff I actually want to see. Blind links on Imgur? That's how you see stuff that would make Tubgirl look like Mormon Reading Hour. No thank you. Burnt once, never again. I like my sanity.
geraltofriva
It's all gone, like cum in the rain. Time to die.
Tnightwalk3r
Plagen
If imgur so much as touches any of my hidden albums, I will leave imgur forever.
greenking13
I legit miss when they just regulated hidden albums to a url change, now they've removed other people's access almost entirely.
Hendlton
Except that allowed you to access other people's private albums without their consent. I don't get how it was allowed for so long anyway.
xbiu
Prepare to get violated.
C141Clay
SnaccAttacc
My question is: how will they sift through millions of private images to figure out what's "adult content"?
tanebot
Algorithmic first pass, maybe with a human review for complaints, maybe not and fuck yo' pictures.
idiotsonfire
Hahahaha, no. Imgur doesn't have a human moderation team anymore. They got bought by a major firm. Staff got downsized.
idiotsonfire
Easy, they'll just delete everything from every inactive account and then probably use an AI to look at active user's galleries.
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
Through the finest AI imaginable.
Tyggna
AI can detect pornography with almost perfect accuracy and can often get the specific category of pornography correct. The AI just says how likely a picture is of a certain category--so the moderators get to choose which categories at which likelihoods. I'd wager you're going to see people put in a lot of appeals because a bunch of false positives come up--like cosplayers or swimsuit pics
idiotsonfire
No, it can't. AI is dogshit. You have no fucking clue what you're talking about. Any image with close enough colors will get flagged.
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Wolfshead009
I seem to recall one programmer complaining how desert shots kept tripping image searches due to similar colors. :)
Tyggna
Oh, alright, sorry forgot that a lot of people don't understand even rudimentary syllogistic logic. Just because the AI can get all the NSFW content does not imply that it can get ONLY the NSFW content--hence the false positives.
lonosham
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha… oh, wait, you’re serious?! What AI is almost perfect? Name one.
Tyggna
15 years ago, any google image search would have some NSFW content show up. Does that happen anymore? No, not unless you want it to. That particular AI is free/cheap to use. https://cloud.google.com/vision
mephiston
AI probably.
NZSheeps
^This. They confirmed it in their post
MehEdits
They made a public post? Or do you mean the policy email
jamesdeanshat
I humbly accept the position.
LordHosk
You know how many terrible photo shops of cars and CS GO you are going to have to look at for every boob you get?
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
one poor guy gonna have a hard time
C141Clay
YourMotherApproves
Pun intended on the "hard time"
Hendlton
They're deleting everything that isn't tied to an account, that will get a lot of it. The rest will be a mix of algorithm and human review.
FunctioningWorkaholic
igneus
Everyone does...not everyone shares
heyimjephph
Not even close. Most people come here for memes.
Beyonder13
We do. And now we're moving everything to another site.
idiotsonfire
Where the fuck are you planning to move to? Catbox? Unreliable. Most websites won't be good options.
Bubbells
Which is?
Tomigami
What specific parts of the internet are they in, so I can avoid them extra hard?
anonbanannon
Can someone please create RUGMI and go back to the old days. Shit sucks and I’m still here like the rest of you
weidermeijer
Where we going? I call ‘shotgun’!
jamesdeanshat
There will also be blackjack.
greg0uze
IAmDuckHammer
And hookers!
MenloPart
I'll bring the snacks! :)
m0problems
taurondir
I need to put ALL the links of the new place into my Site Blocker just so I can make sure I avoid them extra hard.
Idontneedrealfacts
Extra hard is right...
PinkEater
And where would you suggest?
lookinlikeabustedcanofbiscuits
Lol parlor
Frothington
Ooh, I haven't seen the autodots roll out in awhile.
lMrBodybagl
Autodotsrollout.png
captainswoopty
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vonKaiser
.
Beyonder13
One of them is image chest.
jewbacca001
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Bubbells
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squidmaster42
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Chiheisen
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trayal
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CaptainDiddleFartingAround
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reaperhead
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LlamaEaters
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WorthEveryPenny
Scrolller
MaxIn
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HonItsFlawless
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heartlessninja6
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anonbanannon
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lurker2013
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dreadlordkaplan
Does "gone wild browser dot com" count?
FullDisclosure
.
MisterLemons
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IAmDuckHammer
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thecotb
.
Zega000
Does it include stuff marked as private?
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
Yes, even private uploads that are porn or explicit will be deleted.
Zega000
Damnit my nudes!!
xbiu
Yes.
AllHailTheMoose
To reddit we go
PineappleLoopsBrOether
Dear god man, get a hold of yourself!
idiotsonfire
To do WHAT? Upload it somewhere that you can't download it?
Fight4theUser
Reddit image hosting sucked, Imgur got made to host the images of Reddit, Imgur got really popular, completely bans porn, users leave Imgur to return to Reddit, Reddit image hosting sucks...and the cycle continues.
MadeYouLookAgain
Commenting on Reddit is atrocious. I go to Reddit for content and here to comment
moricai
l0calh0st
There was tumblr somewhere in between.
RyvaTheRenamon
A large portion of the image hosting for those NSFW subreddits come directly from here, so when this place gets nuked, so does all of that, as the links will no longer function.
wadatahmydamie
Why weren’t you there to begin with if you were looking for porn?
AllHailTheMoose
It's not about porn honestly. Imgur has been in steady decline over the years. The overlords are obviously trying to make this app as advertiser friendly as possible. Since they were bought out, I've had problem after problem pop up between bugs, ui designs, qol features removed etc. Literally the only good thing they've done since Sep 2021 is increase comment limit and that happened 3 weeks ago. This is the straw that's going to break a lot of camels backs.
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
Imgur will delete all uploads of pornographic and explicit images from all users' accounts even if those uploads are hidden and not posted in the public galleries. Not cool. Not cool at all. I'm outta here after May 15, 2023.
Hendlton
I don't get how though. Is the algorithm going to nuke everything that even resembles nudity, or will they have a human look at people's private pictures?
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
They will use a program to delete porn and explicit images and anything that resembles that stuff.
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
I don't feel a need to want to browse imgur anymore. The joy is gone.
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Porn is like potatoes in Russia.
Zega000
It comes from the Earth?
moricai
It's as dirty as it is delicious?
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Not everybody gets it.
Megvilla
Gets turned into vodka?
MajorNikon
Movietimeme
What is the source to this?
kidtutty
I mean, not for long tho...at least not here
FrankPembleton
Nobody's still told me who she is
DirtyWhiteShoes
I think her name is Pheega. This is all I could find.
themagicalliopleurodon
We're deliberately not telling you
DirtyWhiteShoes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRXC48fdjQ
bamblebimble
Elizaveta Podkorytova
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohji8A8p9yY
krypticsoulcat
RIP OG Imgur
anonbanannon
NSFW parties. Always great to stumble upon. Weirdest fucking gifs, now it’s just generic repeat reactions.
krypticsoulcat
Feels like the new FB sometimes. Hail to the random wierd posts of yesteryear!
secretagentchewbacca
Good times. RIP
kingkongkeom
willzabend
CloakedFigure
malbec
ScaredSpitless
amdkenobi
OhThatsTerrifying.gif
Zeterai
randomstringofletters
getotterhere
secretagentchewbacca
iquestionthepinappleeveryday
Bruh, he’s got an animated gingerbread stretching a thong on his About page… this guys just nasty in his profile. Don’t look.
DrJakeHerb
OmnesMundiLardum
MajorNikon
CloakedFigure
CharlieandOliver
Wow this was surprisingly easy to fap to thank you
ExtraWoody
Damndfraggle
The gif!
Sticklebrickk
Somewhere, out there, about to be deleted forever :(
IamDatNYCe
tjm1226
malbec
68niou1
Of course.
WickedSludge
Again, it's not about the mature content. It's about the censorship
idiotsonfire
No, dipshit, its about stupidfuck advertisers thinking they have a right to control everything because they paid to put an ad there.
WickedSludge
Soooo...censorship?
idiotsonfire
God you're stupid.
AllHailTheMoose
Dude... Don't be so rude. You don't go around just calling people names out of the blue. Be better
TinyOctopus
tiny octopus thinks that if you want to party in someone else's house, you play by their rules, even if they change them every now and then. You don't have to like it, but if it's that intolerable, you go play somewhere else or make your own house. with hookers and blackjack.
hogeyegrex
Very much so. Just ask tumblr. This may drive people away from here. It may not. We'll see. I'm not a fan of the change, but it's not my decision. If it makes a noticeable difference in my user experience, I may not spend as much time here. So it goes.
RyvaTheRenamon
Wow what an actually shit take from you. Usually you're way smarter than this.
tanebot
I sort of agree. If you're at a party, it's OK for the host to change the rules and it's OK for you to politely mention to your host that you're leaving because you don't like a particular rule change. If you've moved into a share house, though, it's less OK for the owner to unilaterally change the rules with no notice. That's why we have laws protecting tenants rights.
hogeyegrex
This is more a party than a house, in that analogy.
Volpe42
They didn't change the rules though, they are just following the rules more closely now
TinyOctopus
They're extending the rules that applied to public posts to cover hidden posts as well. That, tiny octopus thinks, is what has people's nipples in a twist. Oh, and that the subreddit /r/SocksOnRoosterFeet, etc. won't be able to link their porn here anymore.
Volpe42
No, it said they are being more clear about them.
TinyOctopus
WickedSludge
To an extent, sure. However, we are the ones who generate the revenue for this site and we should get a say in how things run. I've seen more users opposed to the new policies than for them (purely a subjective observation). That said, I am seeking alternatives for imgur, as you're aware😁
Volpe42
That's sweet that you think we have that power
WickedSludge
"Should" being the key word, here
hogeyegrex
No. The advertisers are the ones that generate the revenue. Unless you're sending a shit ton of money out of your own pocket to imgur every month. They are simply caving to the demands of their funders, which is sad, but not beyond understanding.
f3n1x187
Tiny Octopus needs to stop licking the boot, because that is the entire reason this is happening.
imgurmage
There use to be tons hosted on imgur that wasn't posted to the main galleries. You basically had to have a link to it. Seems like the company that bought imgur a year or two ago now is trying to clean house and reduce the amount of content they host as well as getting rid of any thing payment processors might find objectionable.
idiotsonfire
Fuck big businesses.
CannotBeBanned
You used to be able to browse by subreddit and they removed that
atlienk
I think it’s also related to copyright claims. Reddit does periodic takedowns for the same reason.
coastercrazypics
They should fix the android app which turned into a POS since they ad loaded. It lags uncontrollably and requires several restarts to go thru a few albums. Imgur is frustrating to use more than 10 min at a time.
Hammerwell
My Pi-Hole seems to help. You have to purge the cache every one or two weeks, and it restarts sometimes, but it does mostly OK now. There was a period where I switched to the browser, though.
Tumescentpie
It is sad that imgur started as a hosting site for reddit (another major porn site) and is being weird about being a porn site.
shinagami091
How am I just now learning Imgur was sold?
ScarySpider
Idk people were posting about it when it happened
ElroydIsGone
I guess their ad revenue comes from the public part and the huge private collections are just dead server costs for them. No money to be made from stuff that is uploaded from somewhere else to be linked to from somewhere else without touching the money making public part, where they are already banned anyway.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Or they're regretting their purchase and it's up for sale again.
imgurmage
I doubt that. A move like this normally comes about 6 months to a year before a major partnership and attempts at increasing their revenue stream.
NewFrontiers365
rich people dictate morality to the rest of us
AgamemnonsMemes
Because all the annoying fucking ads aren't offensive enough
hoehandleharry20500
Booo this knowledge is heartbreaking
himisti
If you ever feel useless just remember that there are people who are trying to clean internet of porn.
boarwar
Is reddit still using imgur for it's pics and do they still have mature content?
DunnowForgot
I think so. I wonder how Reddit is going to avoid having all the NSFW reddits crippled. Or maybe that was the point all along.
ScarySpider
Or they just don't want the massive legal liability
f3n1x187
Facebook also didn't like the liability and they still get people toying with the algorithms and loading NSFW content all the time + the massive amount of pedofiles making private groups. Almost like abusers don't give a crap which platforms they use to upload their bullshit.
GlitchWizardYT
Its also almost certainly the payment processing thing as well as ads.
ItsActuallyDavidNow
I remember… r/furry good times. Keep my browser history clean.
AceBandito
Thank god it's Friday though eh? That's why I always celebrate my fridays on r/tgifs
Pervaroo
I wonder if this is too smutty to survive the purge:
Zeterai
Thanks, Smokey! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMq8XS4LhE
Pervaroo
Yeah, that one might not make it. It definitely pops up from time to time!
leanestbenis
They also recently bricked all old versions of imgur that you could use to get around ads.
Kwaj
They have absolutely not done that. I am posting this from a version without ads - been using it for years.
Zoroasterisk
Joke's on them. I just stopped browsing on mobile, now only on my PC that has UBlock Origin
Comet260
Why are these companies and advertisers so fucking puritanical? Why does everything have to be G-rated nowadays?
vnqx
...have you not seen what happened with Budweiser?
Sumpte
Because g-rated content doesn't include revenge porn and other dodgy shit, it's just easier to do a blanket ban. Nothing to do with being puritanical, it's just business
Altanese
because of recent laws that can rake internet websites and even ISPs over the coals for things they host on their websites
f3n1x187
You can thank the fuckheads at NCOSE aka Morality in Media for weaponizing fighting against CSAM as a tool for censorship.
Comet260
OF COURSE it has it's origins in Catholicism. I'm shocked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
Hyndisfox
A Catholic organization being highly interested in sexually abused children is hilariously, tragically ironic.
AgamemnonsMemes
Its because its all centered around America, which is by its nature, puritanical, and because of that the entire internet has to be involved
TsubakiTragic
because G rated people vote how you tell them to vote, buy what you tell them to buy, over and over and over...
temotodochi
VISA is one of the most active companies in censorship on this planet.
billyrayvirus
Because children bring in more ad money than adults.
ElroydIsGone
I'd suspect the "cleansing" of the private collections now is just b/c there's (next to) no ad money to make there, but server costs to pay.
Hnetu
It's never about the children. It's about advertisements. The company who pays for ads doesn't want porn anywhere near them, because it might hurt Their Brand.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Because of the chiiiilllldddrreeeeennñ
butwhyisthenamegone
...which is particularly crazy when you look at the contents of the ads.
Dracology
Because the law gave payment processors too much power and they can now just kill a businesses ability to make money at all. The question is why are the payment processors being puritanical and G rated.
DianNaoChong
They get pressure from "family"groups
fatih2017
Don't be stupid. it's because the site can be safe for work. Browsing a site at work with NSFW content leads to policy violations, penalties, and lawsuits. If a site bans NSFW content that means it's accessible anytime, anywhere, and thus open for business anytime, anywhere. It's about $$$.
Tumescentpie
Aka religious nut jobs who only want the freedom to force their religion onto everyone else and pretend like that is religious freedom.
Comet260
Don't they have any idea how much money can be made from adult content? Not every space needs to be sanitized "for the children". UGH!
Theory89
Yes, the world is definitely short of adult content. Don't they know this is the only place we can get it? UGH (big fuckin /s)
imgurmage
IIRC it has to do with how the US government regulates banks and adult content. I don't recall the specifics, so don't quote me on that, but I remember it being something along the lines of mixed content vs either SFW or NSFW has to be regulated more strictly and it's just a headache to do.
Mr21782Man
US government doesn't care. In fact it would be illegal for the US government to care (there are a bunch of cases addressing this). Its all down to companies spending money on ads.
Comet260
This would be a good opportunity for a payment processor that caters exclusively to adult content.
NoAsBigAsMediumJockButBiggerThanWeeJockJock
The issue is that a big part of it comes from VISA/Mastercard and good luck being a payment provider without them
Comet260
Oh great. Yet another law that needs reform.
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
How to devalue your company in one easy step. They could at least do it in a bunch of little ones like Elon.
ScarySpider
Medialabs probably isn't selling anytime soon, but this actually raises the value. Do you know how much financial liability comes with hosting NSFW content?
Funwithpuns350
Maybe we should ask Yahoo after they picked up tumblr
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
None. Since the law was never passed in the US that makes sites liable for user actions, as long as they address any reported illegal content the liability falls on the user that uploaded it.
ScarySpider
That's not true, you're forgetting the fines
NotAgainRichard
so company buys imgur, and then removes the scope of its whole business case. Did they just buy it so they can delete it?
whatbuttondoipush
Worked for Elon /s
heyimjephph
Imgur makes money via ads on public content... Not your privately hosted porn.
triffidhunter
Like tumblr?
wadatahmydamie
Ah yes. Imgur’s “whole business case.” The one where they allow people to upload and store nearly unlimited content for free. “I’m taking my resource-draining elsewhere! Good day!”
LordScarecrows
imgurmage
They bought it to monetize it. Expect incoming subscription plans (emerald) and increased ads. Getting rid of the association of lewds/nudes tied to it is the first step to get payment processors to agree to working together.
Zeterai
Don't forget making the mobile site completely nonfunctional, with constant "Download the app!" popups. Reddit's doing the same, but at least it's usable even if it's annoying - Imgur flat out does not work at all on mobile without an app. Which I refuse to download on principle, but also because it's a naked attempt to snatch and sell data.
imgurmage
Yep. The move away from browsers to specific apps allows for easier advertising, user data collection (for targeted advertising), and a more specialized layout of the site and functionality on devices like phones and tablets. It's a real shame so many sites want specific apps; like I get it, but I still hate it.
Zeterai
It's the way they cripple the actual site to force you into it that pisses me off. I tried to get one of my favourites a week ago to post in a Discord conversation, and I ended up having to go to my damn desktop to get the link. Because it wasn't retrievable on the site, and I wasn't downloading anything to get to it.
Volpe42
What? Whole business case?
NotAgainRichard
Host images for Reddit.
Volpe42
Reddit hosts their own images, has for years now
NotAgainRichard
not those images.
lljkstonefish
imgur makes money? I never gave 'em a cent.
wadatahmydamie
They make ad revenue on public stuff, but not on private content
lljkstonefish
There are ads on imgur?
Pervaroo
Corporations after a buyout: