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Imgur has taken the decision to ban Nudity or Sexually Explicit content on the entire site, including hidden posts.
Previously, only posts sent to the community were tied to this, but now, it is being applied sitewide. As someone that uses Imgur for the ability to host NSFW images... It's gonna be a bad time.
JaromirAzarov
I don't personally care, but still...
WhatisaYute
@MartynMage is this an accurate reading? If so, does the word tumblr mean anything?
Hemelsblauw
I reposted an artwork with nudity just to check. /gallery/X5UWP4X
TrumpGarglesHorseSemen
Well I guess then when imgur becomes the next Tumblr I wonder if the mod team will be consoled by the AI. Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with nudity? I'd rather see nudity than anything to do with Trump and his gaggle of imbeciles.
Cynical9Cyanide
I don't understand - where is all of the discussion (and presumably outrage) over this? Is this topic being censored and suppressed by imgur? It took me like 15 minutes to find this post.
RummageSaleBubbler
Tumblr 2.0 incoming?
CatEarHeadphones
Download your images in case they get falsely flagged and removed by the automated system https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/201738607-Image-Downloads
sturm24
Well fuck this shit... So. You guys know of another service ?
jherazob
This will probably not affect the usual shitposters, but will hit hard anyone using Imgur as a generic image hosting service
Hemelsblauw
Im gonna repost one of my older posts with nudity in an art work.
vanetz
dulison
Nice, now please also all guns and war stuff. Also very dangerous. Any substance related things and let‘s go back where it should be: all day cats and dogs
dulison
And yes that was irony of course.
TheUnstoppableWampas
Oh no! Where else on the internet could I possibly go for lewd content? /s
CraftyGiant
This literally goes against the entire reason this site was created, this is the very definition of selling out.
thevortexmaster
They sold out when it was bought by Medialab a year ago
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PhysicsandHistoryaremyjam
Honestly, i didn't even know there was nudity on this site.
EnterTheMongoose
Stumbler or something like that.
MehEdits
Apparently they are also deleting non account content which will break a lot of walkthrough forums and such. I hope they reconsider and the backlash actually makes it to front page in busy hours.
Corrodias
Such use of Imgur as a hotlink host for other web sites has long been disallowed, just not well enforced.
MehEdits
Am I wrong to think for a long time it was meant to be so for reddit? To prevent it from happening more is one thing, to destroy the past use of it is another in my opinion.
MehEdits
Within legal reason of course
Corrodias
It was indeed an image host for Reddit at first, though now Reddit can host its own images.
wa27
uh, what? They straight-up give you the bbcode for use on "message boards & forums"
Corrodias
Indeed. Weird, huh? But to quote the terms, "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."
garfieldstwin
artistic? how is that going to affect the likes of @derekmatters2 and some of the other great artists here? is there any explanation for this move?
MehEdits
Unless they put a blanket over his account and other popular ones; the ai will probably flag him and most of the content. No, there has not been, most I've seen is a mod just regurgitating the new policy.
garfieldstwin
if it's deemed against ToS they wouldn't be able to justify protecting one account and not others though, surely?
MehEdits
They don't really need to justify actions unless made to. We'll see; there's already websites reporting this happening. I hope they just back pedal as the policy isn't technically in effect yet.
simplefishy
“Fuck your censorship” @WickedSludge
WickedSludge
A wise man once said, "You gotta fight for your right to party"
WickedSludge
They also recently deleted my comment stating "F**k your censorship". So, this is where we're at.
thevortexmaster
For a while certain words just won't post. I do kinda agree with that but I know of two that are just intently taken off. Try typing re.......... tard
Kamchatkah
Why would you need to say that?
thevortexmaster
I discovered it on a post a few years back for a fire re.....tardant system for a commercial kitchen. I manage commercial kitchens and I tried to say that word in my comment and discovered that I couldn't. You can't say any adjacent word
thevortexmaster
I should have specified. There is zero reason to use that word.
MehEdits
That's sad on multiple levels especially considering what's talked about here. A lot of things have me questioning how much they suppress.
WickedSludge
The rest of the comment in question went a bit like: "imgur has been headed downhill for a while. But this new policy is a dive off a cliff"
thevortexmaster
They deleted my comment "mommy wow, I'm a big kid now" a month ago. Last night I posted a risky gif, and deleted it myself 5 minutes after. I still got a warning an hour later saying they took my comment down hahaha
CongratsYouAreHereNow
They’re also owned by world star hip hop, have data points on what you like and dislike by tags on posts, your email, your phone number, and your address if you’ve participated in secret Santa. They’re selling all this data to advertisers, which is why the original founders were able to sell it to world star
CongratsYouAreHereNow
Just because it doesn’t “feel” like one of those other websites: Instafacetok, doesn’t mean it isn’t
Hemelsblauw
Why do they have your phone number?
thevortexmaster
To start a new account you need it I believe
Hemelsblauw
That's horrible
thevortexmaster
I'm just guessing though
jobbybob
Shhh don’t say anything, they are always listening.
GhostSavage10
What's so bloody wrong with nudity? It's a stupid decision, who is pushing this?
garfieldstwin
I was wondering if imgur had opened itself to AI bots, and as part of the deal they were told that nudity/explicit images needed to be excluded.
garfieldstwin
oh: http://medialab.ai/
bfbzlug91
Advertisers definitely, but I think it will also save Imgur capital and running costs to purge a significant % of images that don't result in ad revenue.
garfieldstwin
gonna use all the adblockers now
Dimension09
You can't spell advertisements without semen between the tits.