legoclone09 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I am just wondering why Imgur is used for pictures, it is blocked on most school wi-fi networks, but it is easy to use. Is it because it is so easy to use or because there is album-embedding stuff in the forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) "Free" is a pretty big factor. You can use smugmug, or zenfolio or picbase or another image sharing site but it's going to cost you. Imgur is free so it used by most people. Edited December 16, 2015 by Kerbart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantab Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 It was made with Reddit in mind and was very popular with Redditors who then drove the wider popularity. It's also gone in for "social" features itself. It's not the only free image host though, not at all. Personally I use Flickr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The embed features are pretty nice, allowing your captions to show and everything. Personally I use dropbox for single pictures and only turn to imgur for making albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Despite frequent slowdowns or stoppages because it's never been able to keep up with demand, I like Imgur because its interface is clear and easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 As well as the easy and free points other have said it also has a very accessible API for developers to connect their sites/apps to. I use this quite a bit in KerbalX.com and it's free for that, which is great. Also the imgur "community" is quite a good giggle too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuoDex Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I like it because it has tools that allow me to take, upload, and share screenshots quickly and easily with a single keystroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I have both a photobucket and Imgur account. I prefer photobucket because it is easier to add or change photo albums, however, there is no way to share those albums here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ah, that makes sense. I was just wondering about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachoftree Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 On 12/16/2015 at 11:09 PM, DuoDex said: I like it because it has tools that allow me to take, upload, and share screenshots quickly and easily with a single keystroke. Expand How? I must know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 On 12/17/2015 at 10:42 PM, peachoftree said: How? I must know! Expand Same here. My procedure is: F1, imgur.com, upload images, from computer, select images, and hit upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuoDex Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I use ShareX on Windows and Screencloud on Linux. Press button to take screenshot, upload, and have screenshot's link copied to clipboard. Both are free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Disaster Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I use Flickr also - even with imgur high rez uploads Flickr seems to mangle images less. Upload is simple enough, F1, drag to Flickr browser tab, add album/tags/etc if you like, upload, grab BBCode link, paste into post. I had a Flickr uploader app somewhere but I always forget to open it. No embedded albums is the only problem but I've hardly ever done that anyway. Imgur ditched all their alternate album styles for the worst one possible for no good reason, I've given up on that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeoftheaura Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I host my images on a special github, and then use the raw links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 ShareX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wow! I gotta get that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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