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#memes #confession_bear
I don’t have it to “the gif” out. Maybe stick around for a few more boob shot memes and then I’ll quietly turn off the lights, lock the doors, and put the app to bed.
I just don’t have anywhere to go after this. There is elbodeeps discord. Maybe something else will pop up. Feels like my favorite community bar is closing and all the inside jokes will be lost to time.
pickledpete1337
It’s dying again? Ohhhhhh noooooo
jlist
Checking, but do people remember when Digg was "the front page of the Internet" and investors did something like insist on a lot of crappy ads? Everyone responded by submitting Reddit posts en masse and helped make Reddit was it is today.
CelestialSea
Might be a worthy successor in the works, here's hoping it's a new home for all us displaced imgurians https://www.imgcat.io/
therandombagofmeat
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1M3lxYm5za3pkc3d4dXFkdmc3bjhuc3UwYmFvNjlrdnVneHdpZmpqeiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/VCQ2fPEe9aVUi2qEHH/200w.webp
getyourfruitoffmeyoudamndirtygrapes
Imgur is dying but that only seems to make people use it more with this titty trend that's going on, also with the middle finger trend. It's edgy sure, but people are increasing traffic to imgur, not decreasing it, so medialab wins. That's not how protesting works. You have to log out and not come back. You have to not use it in order to win you cowards. Don't bitch out on the 1st, hell, get an early start.
yougotredonyu
TheDoctorCrankenstein
/gallery/QRHw5Ci
hisnameisshdynasty
What's with all the boobs?
redpandabanana
Their all good boobs Brent
jessiMoonMaker
And Bront
eion85
Thankfully there seem to be some decent replacements on the horizon like discuit.
Glad you aren't falling for the sunk cost fallacy.
armonis
I couldn't agree more. Thank you all for the wonderful times we had. Maybe I will see you on Bluesky!
TheCrusher78
Omg I am loving the boobs. Imgur should just stay and boobur it's great honestly it's great. I should create my own platform. For taste full boobs
AnidemAnagram
I've been here since 2013, this is my second account. It is so strange to think how much time Ive spent here and now uts over
Cyberpunk2025
Imgur died a long time ago. We've just been hanging around for after hours. I know this account is new, but I've been here for 10 years... millions of meaningless points. It fucking sucks.
malbec
It’s been a really long ongoing weekend at Bernie’s scenario
snarkybitch
Now you know why it was hard for people to leave xhitter.
Stoneleigh219
We saw the black bruising on its hands a couple years ago but preferred to believe there was life left in the body. The whole world dies in front of us as we age and this too will become nothing more than a pleasant memory.
Brave the unknown no matter how lonely the journey friend.
011100000110100101100101
I've been a user for more than a decade, almost a decade on this specific account. I don't use it much anymore because the content I like to consume has changed, and the discussions I like to participate in don't really happen here anymore. I still pop in to lurk, but I miss the old days. I'll always be an imgurian, and I try to bring the vibe wherever I go. This is my internet home even though I'm an expat, I love you all <3
ChernoGamma
I came to Imgur because the Lolbrary died. You're gonna be okay.
DrDadJokes
I'm sad that it end without the Epstein files being released
TerrorAustralisIncognita
Things aren't beautiful because they last. I am privileged to have memed among everyone.
brownribbon
At best the internet has about a decade left before we all get bored with it and go back outside.
FetlockDeepInHuman
Why am I seeing boobies everywhere? I'm not complaining, I'm just asking why
glittalogik
Users finally cracked the shits with the venture-capitalist owners' gross mismanagement, staff layoffs, site/app negligence, ham-fisted attempts at AI moderation, and cynical penny-pinching corporate bullshit. General goal appears to be having a bit of fun while overloading the moderation system and tanking ad revenue.
FetlockDeepInHuman
Aaaaah. least they aren't posting gore or something icky like that.
SteveMND
It'd almost be a mercy killing at this point, honestly.
RUFingKiddingMe
Oh, don't be so fucking dramatic. Imgur is not going anywhere. While this is all fun, it's a pointless exercise. Just enjoy the hot chicks with fish posts and log on back in tomorrow. People will get bored and the site will go back to lame ol' political posts and negativity in no time...
yougotredonyu
/gallery/jZT6KLs
Redbeard54
Yep, I was going to post this too
chicharrone
I get most of my laughs from imgur. To be really honest- it's usually where I find breaking news. I have to be honest- when I'm exhausted from work- it's where I waste too much time...but I'll gladly keep wasting time if imgur sticks around
Bobby360
Same
InTangier
If push comesto shove, we can all stay conne ted through some imgurians like Ellie and BottomShelfVodka. If an alternative appears, we can find it. Idk about imgurian presence in Mastodon, but it could be an option for a while.
woozle
it's only over when it's over. I'm not going anywhere. Don't know why people are evacuating.
gummyloaf
*looks at the last 7 days* Yeah wow, it’s a mystery why anyone would want to leave that.
ArchMagos
I'll leave when I get banned. I like checking out what's on the front page and in user sub almost daily
philinthecircle
Same!
CorgiInALilBlackDress
People are evacuating because they don't want to support a greedy company. Boycotting. People are tired of rich people walking all over their hard work, their sand castles. Predatory business practices thrive on people that want to rebuild the castle in the same place. Isn't that sad? Why should we support that hyoer capitalist nonsense?
I'm looking for alternatives for those reasons. It is sad but change can be good.
But there is no shame in staying. I'm just explaining why some are leaving.
Forensickle
Ships never sink until they are sunk. I'm not going anywhere. Don't know why people are evacuating, we only hit that iceberg 10 minutes ago, and the lean the ship is on makes my chair feel like a recliner
whysomuchdoghair
Same thing happened years ago, well not the same thing but same outrage. People got over it in about 10 days. Just the current hot thing to be mad about. Mob mentality, everyone wants to feel like they "did something" or they just want the points. People will leave. New people will join and back to the memes we will be lol
eventide215
It's the community itself that is destructive honestly.. the whole "break some rules" and spamming of boobs.. what has that accomplished? It pushes people like me away because I don't want to see that nor do I want to open Imgur in public.. so what did that solve? It made people leave. Just to what..? Try to get back at this business that didn't really do much? Like you said, it's all just to be mad about something and act like they were part of something.
eventide215
I just hope that after this there are still creators left and they're not all US political posts like it's been for years now..
MenloPart
I am pretty sure users have been leaving for years.
Forensickle
After that... And people left and new people joined... The numbers didn't balance though. It lost, after replacements, over 200 million users.
The 80 million we are at now isn't active users, it's unique hits. People who comment, post or vote are a FRACTION of that 80million, create and curate the things people come to see, and are the people who leave
Content has been going down because each time this happens it is creators that leave, and this site creates nothing on its ownn
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Oh shit those numbers weren't active accounts but just unique click to the site? Jesus fuck that's much worse than I was thinking.
Can't wait for the alt sites being developed to go live.
byebuddyhopeyoufindyourdad
I hate the “Everything must come to an end” and “Nothing last forever” stuff. I’ve learned to deal with it, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it. I’m sticking around until the lights go off. I’ve really enjoyed the effort our community has shown the past 4 days, and will ride out the wave until it crashes on the beach.
redpandabanana
I think a lot of it is a loss of culture. And a loss of service. Losing notifications, the constant little bugs such as needing to keep hitting the volume on and off to let you hear the gif. On top of the agitation with feeling helpless over the world wars and politics all help push us over the edge. Honestly, Imgur is probably the only social media that would actually revolt given the concentrated fringe personality we have.
SpamYarBlockers
I think you are right; the way the world is a mess right now and out in physical space it feels like protests are futile against the rising tide of authoritarianism, people are feeling like here they can fight back against an authority and have a real effect.
byebuddyhopeyoufindyourdad
I really haven’t dove into it that much, but apparently https://discuit.org/ is drawing several former imgurians in.
ThatRaccoonGuy
I'm not gonna suicide my account either but if things don't improve then it's just a slow drift to never logging in again
JohnBluehill
Definitely not going to suicide my account, but I posted The GIF twice and both are still up, 24+ hours later. I feel like I deserve a fake trophy.
JayEnfield
Capitalism has pretty much fucked everything I loved about the internet into oblivion one piece at a time, this one was only ever going to hold out so long. Nothing lasts forever except IRC, it seems.
TheMouseOfMadness
That's what I did, until I heard about the current meltdown and curiosity got the better of me. It's turning out about how I expected it to.
CatEyebrows
If they’re really trying to turn it into something like the chive then I will “the gif” my 9yr old account. It makes me sad
JohnBluehill
you can literally drop it here and it will not be noticed, as I'm doing.
CatEyebrows
Why is it not being banned??
JohnBluehill
Because the totally not AI mods (wink wink) that business daddy says are at work don't look at replies.
CatEyebrows
lol. Nice
RunsWithBullShit
discuit.org
MenloPart
Why did we replace reddit? :)
LebistusReticulatis
Because the toxic people there
Calicoastin818
this ☝🏽
ionlyregisteredtosavelinks
What's the difference between discuit, vger.app, all the Lemmy nodes?
eion85
I'm there. Liking it so far.
Calicoastin818
How is the App?
eion85
If you're familiar with Reddit it's easy to aclimate.
I'd like gif support, and rh ability to add captions to images instead of just alt text but that's it. Both of those are fixable.
Calicoastin818
sweet I’ll check it out ! thks!
MediocreTheropod
So happy to hear that! When I saw what was going on, hurt to see our community here breaking apart and as some of yall have seen, that community aspect is very much alive and well (and being welcomed with open arms) on Discuit
eion85
And it's a site I'm thrilled to financially support.
MediocreTheropod
Yall found the patreon already? Dang that was fast! Did you also read through some of prevs posts (click his name in the mod section of the main discs) about his dislike for enshitification and why he refuses to follow the same path with funding? Was a key point for me knowing he hasn't wavered on that from day 1. There's a shift in the air, and tech bro vultures ruining sites aren't the only option anymore, and as for me, have the popcorn ready
eion85
It's what convinced me to join and fund. Otherwise as soon as it got popular a tech company would probably snap it up.
Seems like he has a kind of Wikipedia mindset about it, which clearly has been sustainable.
malbec
People were super warm on my first day
MediocreTheropod
I love hearing that! When those of us from the previous exodus arrived, it was scary (were we gonna be in a Reddit-style space again where folks yell at you over nothing)? One of the first comments I saw was Koko being her amazing self, and warmly saying hello to all of us terrified newcomers. Reactions like that put so many of us at ease, and became a core part of how we do things now: lead with kindness, and never forget we ourselves were brand new once:)
malbec
We are all people behind these screens. Community is what keeps people together.