Imgur protest blackout planned for 1st Sept

[mikeymikec]

https://imgur.com/a/t132uAY

The imgur drama has increased somewhat since medialab bought it, fired all the staff and replaced them with AI, and now apparently blocked access from Ukraine and Palestine...

 

[pauldun170]

Great way of making zero difference in the world.
No one cares. No one will notice. Has no lasting impact.

Low effort, low impact.

Shit like this is why the United States let's people like Trump and all his minions run things.

"Lets not do anything on imgur for day!"

 

[mikeymikec]

Great way of making zero difference in the world.
No one cares. No one will notice. Has no lasting impact.

Low effort, low impact.

Shit like this is why the United States let's people like Trump and all his minions run things.

"Lets not do anything on imgur for day!"

With respect, the rise of fascism in one's own country and the enshittification of a social networking platform don't have an awful lot in common.

Also, imgur over the last few days has been flooded with anti-Medialabs memes and NSFW content (which isn't likely to change at any point soon), so it's hardly as if the blackout is a single act on its own that's meant to achieve something.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Great way of making zero difference in the world.
No one cares. No one will notice. Has no lasting impact.

Low effort, low impact.

Shit like this is why the United States let's people like Trump and all his minions run things.

"Lets not do anything on imgur for day!"

For what it's worth, the userbase has been in active revolt for like three days now. Yeah it's 'just imgur' but the entire platform is based on user-provided content so it's pretty well hamstrung the entire operation.

In the end it'll just end up being a tax write-off for medialab but at least there won't be an active participation in the ongoing enshittification of our society.

 

[Greenman]

This is going to go places, as long as no one has to stand up.

 

[Brainonska511]

Great way of making zero difference in the world.
No one cares. No one will notice. Has no lasting impact.

Low effort, low impact.

Shit like this is why the United States let's people like Trump and all his minions run things.

"Lets not do anything on imgur for day!"

Isn't this the general issue with many policy issues in the US? "We should do something about X, but it shouldn't inconvenience me in any way, shape, or form."

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Isn't this the general issue with many policy issues in the US? "We should do something about X, but it shouldn't inconvenience me in any way, shape, or form."

As long as you say it exists you've done your part. Cancer? I made a Facebook post so people would know it's a thing. I'm a true champion.

 

[cytg111]

Lets just create a new imgur .. the concept is super super simple

 

[cytg111]

This is going to go places, as long as no one has to stand up.

I asked ChatGPT to translate this from stupid to English .. but it keeps timing out. Think maybe it's crashing the servers?

 

[nakedfrog]

I had no idea there was imgur drama, this is the first I'm hearing of it.

 

[Paratus]

I had no idea there was imgur drama, this is the first I'm hearing of it.

Oh ya. Posted this earlier:

Media lab enshitification caused notifications to stop working with no feedback on if or when it would get fixed.

 

[nakedfrog]

I sometimes forget people use it for anything other than uploading an image to share somewhere else.

 

[BoomerD]

Lets just create a new imgur .. the concept is super super simple

Call it “bbzzdd_2.”

 

[cytg111]

Call it “bbzzdd_2.”

Or yourimg2.com