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Come on, mods. We're going through this again? I made this post (https://imgur.com/gallery/wI6iD9U) before, and now we have the same shit on the front page.
Do not fucking click the links, report as spam.
skillerious
My comment got deleted for telling people not to click tiny(dot)cc links! Guess they use them!
spacemanspiff1218
Good, I thought I was the only one
mariomario42
The best thing the community can do to combat this is stop getting several dozen reposts to the front page every day.
BewilderedBeaver
It would also be nice if posts with edited pictures would be autocicked off the frontpage.
ScaryBlueBoi
You are
RacistCoffee
What then about people linking to their Instagram, Etsy, Youtube. I mean, Imgur, can't decide whether it's a bot or not. Where's the line?
Amousewithchees
Worst part is it will be a full post, then they'll cut off half of it to edit in their spam link. I keep reporting those posts myself.
Clbull
The fact that the original spam post you raised awareness of back in 2015 didn't get taken down is hilarious.
shibbytothelibby
Is it just me or does a lot of the comments on those posts seem botty as well? Or is that just because they edit the post.
MisterBrent
Watch this get deleted, but there's an incredible amount of incompetent mods here. Mostly normies too.
NZSheeps
votebacon
Vote Bacon Say No To SPAM
Equinox13
Spam is good if you can eat it. Spam is bad if it makes your computer choke.
heroesblood
Amen brother.
ABonkeysManana
Imgur mods are some of the useless community mods I’ve ever seen. And boy have I seen some fuckin useless mods.
ABonkeysManana
Some of the most* useless mods.
Leberkas
Maybe block URL shortener like reddit does sometimes?
BitchButcher
Well the dumbest person are those who click on any kind of tinyurl
whereigotogetdownvotes
Yeah but give credit where credit is due, the mods sure got those offensive(??) bikini pictures off imgur…..pronto!
dannne
I've seen a couple of them but im to lazy when browsing imgur so im just skipping things that require me to more then "swip right".
Steffn
You make it sound as it has ever stopped
LimitedCause
I havent really looked at imgur since school ended a year ago. What do those links lead to?
TobyFromHumanResources
It's almost like spammers change their tactics when they get blocked.
Rimok224
There is no nudity. Mods dont care.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
but... your post has a link... should I report that as spam?
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
too late.
jansenart
That's what you get for wading thru usersub.
heroesblood
Except that post was on FP. Good try though.
MoooCow
These posts happen on the front page... They edit them once they reach there.
Nikolai5
Mods don't care about the user experience. They just hate women's bodies.
z3lfmoord
It’s because they’re all obese with a neckbeard a know they’ll never got a woman’s body.
Iwanttostayinbed
@MartynMage
FishOnTheInternetz
I have only ever seen these posts, by posts like this calling them out.
LeftRightThere
Last weekend the front page had like five as the top rated and everyone was complaining. All spam and no way made FP legitimately.
JHawke
Then you are just not paying attention, this is not an insult it is simply the only logical conclusion. There are several a day on the FP.
FishOnTheInternetz
Or i am (un)lucky to not find them. Or it is because i am not hardcore browsing the frontpage at all.
JHawke
Luck has nothing to do with it, the not hardcore browsing is yes.. but is that not the same as not paying attention.
FishOnTheInternetz
Not paying attention would be finding an exact post with spam link but overlooking it, to leave or read comments.
iAppdata
The 'edit on frontpage' is a flawed feature that should either be revamped or removed. It's too easy to add a spam link just like that.
JustDoinNerdStuff
Agreed. Maybe it could show the original post by default on front page, then have a button to reveal updates.
ocegur
Yep that's the problem.
blainethepaintrain
Tell them that you can get a post to FP and then edit it to be the gif and they’ll get rid of it
skellington01
I’d suggest that if an edit was ncludes a list, it should be moderated before approved, or better yet, just add a ‘report spam’ button and
skellington01
let the community do its thing.
TheBritishAreComing
It's a double edge'd sword. So like the site i made for imgurians years ago, you'd share a post, people would ask you to link it but 1/?
TheBritishAreComing
allowed to share, but i'd imagine imgur don't have the modding capability for the thousands of posts reported every hour (guessing) 5/5
TheBritishAreComing
if you link it before you hit front page you can bet your ass you'll never see front page, even when commenters are asking for links 2/?
TheBritishAreComing
But if you remove the ability to FP edit, people will never get what they're asking for 3/?
TheBritishAreComing
Sure, it's spam but because imgur has a long history of community members making sites / apps / games / whatever else they're 4/?
Tlaxxil
Nobody ever adds anything important anyway.
MrSnowy
I added "send EE internships" and two people actually did
ITalkAboutGoats
And if they do, they can just add a comment
ffips
sEnD nUdEs
ArdentSlacker
"Update: They didn't die!"
TheZade
The best part is probably hundreds of people reported the spam you linked in your old post and the spam post is still there after years
TobyFromHumanResources
It's directly linkable but not visible in the gallery.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
SwaghettiYologneseWithMemeballs
Guess God's not the only one looking the other way.
sometimespeopleeatpoop
What's weird is that it's not listed under that OPs posts. Click the user and it's empty
imnotinprisonhidingaphoneinmybutt
nafun
Maybe we should report them for being mature? I mean, either a mod will see them, and realize they're spam or kneejerk remove them unseen.
izoli413365
But at least fruit porn usually gets removed
welcomestranger
Have confirmed. Still there.
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
These are also spambots and need to be reported: /a/yURXFxR
66plus3
It's because the mods are absolute shit, but let's not pay attention to that. Let's add sound to GIFS! Because everyone wanted that.
Mikeiller
That is the opposite of what i want. If I wanted that, I'd just go to youtube.
66plus3
Exactly! I use this because it doesn't have videos, so I can browse it without headphones or blaring sound out the speakers.
cuntymccuntersen
But I get a gif of trump as the fat bastard from Austin Powers removed in 18 seconds for “sexuality/erotica”
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TheTittyLicker
Witnessed at 20 min!
samuraiinblack
If spam gets to stay, this should get to stay!
somethingsomethingsomethingclever
27 minutes, you go hulk.
Hasaan
20 minutes and its still here, wow, mods might finally be tackling spam instead of reposts of the gif
glitchead
Witnesses at 15 MINUTES!!! KeepYourNoodles did TheGlF
panter4
12 minutes
misterwit
Witnessed!
BenderBendingRodrrrriguez
Witnessed!
BaldBandit
Witnessed at 2 minutes, their name was KeepYourNoodles.
shadowgar
10 minutes in and still going!
BiteMyShinyMetalAss01
25 now
BaldBandit
Aproximatly 30 mins after posting TheGIF, this was deleted; yet these spam posts remain after 30 months...
TheZade
What was it?!
TheZade
Oh wait... It was...
heroesblood
Isn't that amazing? :/
insegrevious
I can't click the link in your picture on the post... what happen? is broken?
DrOsmium
I want to think they left it so that people could see the example, but...
straikychan
Moderators are more occupied by finding every nipple possible than actually deleting toxic posts
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I was hoping someone would say it in a somewhat tasteful way. Bravo for not showing the level of disdain that I would.
whyisthisusernametaken
Almost as amazing as YouTube and Steam in quality control.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I don't see Steam having poor quality control.
Hexogen
Steam has full quality control for released games, and a lax entry into Greenlight, which is exactly the way it should be. 1/2
Hexogen
Saying Steam has poor quality controls just means he sucks at not impulsively buying early access titles I guess 2/2
Grymhar
Sexual content gets removed before you can say 'but I marked it NSFW!', but spam links seem to have a special place in mods' hearts :P
EyesOnICE
Sexual content+Phishing link=?
khazaria
Meh, I've reported obvious revenge porn and didn't see it deleted for a very long time.
NZSheeps
So if we flooded spam posts with The Gif....
Grymhar
I like the way you think, but that would get the comments banned, not the post.
Muffyns
Let's do it can't ban everyone or they shut the site down
actualjesus
I was thinking more French Revolution, but that works too
surfhappens
What if I told you that imgur sells front page space, and spam posts are actually encouraged as a source of revenue
ocegur
Then I would answer that this is bs because what matters the most is brand and popularity when they sell to marketers. Spam hurts that.
iCurse
They already admitted to working with advertisers to do native ads (I.e. 'normal' posts) better in an interview years ago
Smileyischaos
sauce?
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
But aren't those the ones clearly marked as ads?
iCurse
According to the FTC they should be, but they definitely aren't always