Realizing that shitty search means no search.

Jun 26, 2025 8:12 AM

NotThePoint

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So? Who loves the shitty new search for imgur? That's right, nobody.

My best guess is that change is an effort to increase tag usage which they will then feed to train AI. Basically, they are crowdsourcing (that's you) image classification. Hate AI? Too bad.

My second best guess is they are already selling access to their database and thus must prevent freeloaders.

It seems like we all lose, no matter what.

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artificial_intelligence

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old design has the old search

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Am I crazy? The search on here has always been....absolutely terrible.

Use a real search engine and specify site:imgur.com and get infinitely better results.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I also found out posts will not load with correct format (.gifv or .mp4) deleted. So, it’s like things that DO exist don’t for the purpose of storage. Maybe it’s just me.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hate the new gif library. It sucks now.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Click on your username, Settings, and BAM! there's the old search.

1 month ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Wow! Thanks. I admit to not even being smart enough to complain about this.

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Doesn't help desktop users.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm a desktop browser user. Adblock, baby!

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0