JC5@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy did you join Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareWhy did you join Lemmy?JC5@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square122linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareretype@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBecause imgur was running ads for AfD
minus-squarealoofPenguin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI thought the Imgur thing on reddit was optional? like, you could upload directly. Do they use it as a backend or something? Am I missing something?
minus-squareretype@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoImgur is its own platform, has its own app and its own community. Reddit, I believe, may use it for image hosting as well?
minus-squarekopasu22@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe site was started by people who wanted to make a convenient image host for Reddit back when Reddit did not directly host any media, but it’s a separate venture and Reddit later added their own image hosting capabilities.
Because imgur was running ads for AfD
I thought the Imgur thing on reddit was optional? like, you could upload directly. Do they use it as a backend or something? Am I missing something?
Imgur is its own platform, has its own app and its own community. Reddit, I believe, may use it for image hosting as well?
The site was started by people who wanted to make a convenient image host for Reddit back when Reddit did not directly host any media, but it’s a separate venture and Reddit later added their own image hosting capabilities.