abarbarian Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Something Awful is racing to save the best and worst of web history Quote It’s easy to forget how fragile the internet’s memory is, but last month, members of the Something Awful forums got a rude reminder. Ubiquitous image host Imgur announced it would be deleting nudity and pornography starting in mid-May and, along with it, “old, unused, and inactive content” not linked to an account. The wording was so vague nobody knew exactly what that meant. But the worst-case scenario was obvious: an unceremonious purge of images from one of the longest-running communities on the web. Quote Something Awful has a long and notorious past, and much of its nearly 25-year history is told through pictures. The site is one of the fountainheads of our modern visual internet, responsible, among other things, for latter-day cryptid Slender Man and the rise of cheezburger-loving Happy Cat. It’s a place defined by the constant remixing of strange and funny images, encouraged by traditions like Photoshop Phriday, a recurring showcase for creative digital manipulation. The Imgur Apocalypse Is Going to Break Large Parts of the Internet Quote It’s not just porn that’s getting deleted from Imgur. Millions of images that are embedded elsewhere will also eventually be taken down. https://www.somethingawful.com/ https://wiki.archiveteam.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Meh... I'm not concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 After the Photobucket debacle I just host my own photos with my blog. It took me a week to sort out all the pics the last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Imgur finally ran out of space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 7:31 AM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Meh... I'm not concerned. i wonder how many posts here referenced imgur . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 9 hours ago, crp said: i wonder how many posts here referenced imgur . Almost all of mine for the last few years. Apart from some Window Maker screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 I'm not sure what all the broo-ha-ha is about Imgur. The site itself has not changed, Nothing has been sent to members regarding any changes. I don't know where The Verge is getting their info. All Imgur has done is change their policy re: porn, nudity, etc. They've also stated that they would pull "dead" (unlinked images or ones uploaded by non-members). This will have ZERO effect on 99% of Imgur users/members. I think this is all FUDD. https://imgur.com/rules . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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