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transcriptase ◴[] No.45103652[source]
I remember when imgur was created as a fast, no login-pushing, non-scummy alternative to ad-ridden clickjacking hosts that censored nsfw and controversial content.

Then it became all of that on steroids except with a comment section and a weird community that didn’t realize they were living in the plumbing of other platforms like Reddit.

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jabroni_salad ◴[] No.45104397[source]
We knew. The situation is the opposite-- external users did not understand the interface and constantly posted things that were meant to be private onto the public feed.
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1. hbn ◴[] No.45106212[source]
That issue exists because of the community that spawned on top of what was built just to be a utility. Not the people using it for its original intended purpose.