discussion Imgur to delete all content by guest accounts

[Future Lover]

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• Imgur has previously allowed users to upload images to its free service without signing up for an account.
• Changes to its terms and services on May 15 are set to trigger a mass deletion of adult content and any files uploaded by guest accounts.
• Users relying on any images uploaded without an account are advised to download and back them up before the new policy is applied.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/image-hosting-free-accounts-mass-deletion-terms-of-service

[Illuminati]

Oh god this is like the photobucket/ tinypic disaster all over again

[LustSpell]

Tumblr 2.0

[magazine]

Hope this won't affect the millions of Gretchen gifs 

[Zox]

Is it a goal of every social platform to destruct themselves by 2024?

[#Beautiful]

oh no not my madonna gifs

[ProudLBS]

oh no

[Reginald]

Not this The culture is begging! 

[Smarticle]

Most of the avi gifs on here 

[kandicha]

There are going to be broken images all over the Interne t 

[thetea]

this is so stupid. most forums and websites are gonna have broken photo links now

[shyboi]

quick, save everything fads!

[shookspeare]

nobody wants to wake up to the news I woke up to today

[cockatoo]

I didn't even know you could upload as a guest? All of my gifs are on my account so I'm safe 

[Nano]

This is just one of the many unfortunate things that happen when the Internet is effectively owned by corporations.

[Ryan]

4 minutes ago, cockatoo said:

I didn't even know you could upload as a guest? All of my gifs are on my account so I'm safe 

Same

[theblondesalad]

What a weird and random decision..I've been using their site since the beginning as a guest obviously

[GentleDance]

I'm sure they know better, but this looks like self-destruction to me

 

 

Edited April 20, 2023 by GentleDance

[Pikachoo]

imgbb always wins

[Attitude]

I need to save some of my favorite gifs!

 

 

[illia]

imgbb >>>>>>

[~Start The Music]

Another site making dumb decisions

[DAP]

None of the hit gifs I’ve made better be gone is all I know

[May]

this is a bad move but at the same time why don’t y’all have an account set up? it takes 1 minute to do and I’ve used mine for about 12 years  

[magazine]

55 minutes ago, Zox said:

Is it a goal of every social platform to destruct themselves by 2024?

Well, Imgur most likely has bills to pay 

All of these anonymous images are probably taking a toll on their servers. Maybe 10 years ago they weren't. But if you add up all those years, they might be a problem now.

 

I guess the most sensible way would be to only delete pictures with less than X views. But not sure if that's something they can do.