Imgur: The magic of the Internet (2024)

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What is Imgur the magic of the internet? ›

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It's where you'll find the funniest, most informative and inspiring images, memes, GIFs, and visual stories served up in an endless stream of bite-sized fun. Powered by a passionate community of people from all around the world, anyone can join to share cool stuff and vote the best to the top.

To obtain the photo's URL, move the mouse over the image, press the right-side mouse button, and then select “Copy image address” from the pop-up menu (displays in some browsers as “Copy image location“, “Copy Link“, or “Copy Shortcut“).

1 Answer. Go to the Imgur URL for your post at https://imgur.com/a/[…] , then click on "Delete post" and then confirm the dialog box that will appear. Note: If you do not have an Imgur account, the "Delete post" button will only appear if the cookies for Imgur haven't been deleted from your browser yet.

No matter what your privacy settings are, every image can always be accessed and viewed by anyone who types in that exact URL. No image uploaded to Imgur is ever completely hidden from public view. This is mainly to ensure that Imgur, which allows anonymous postings, will not be used as a platform for illegality.

Starting on May 15th, Imgur will be deleting "old, unused, and inactive content" that's not tied to a user account, so plenty of images posted on random websites online could disappear overnight.

What is Imgur? Imgur is an online content hosting site where you can view and share content such as images, GIFs, memes, videos and reviews. You can communicate with other Imgur users by posting public comments or sending private messages, GIFs or emojis.

Tap the app icon to open Imgur on your Android phone or tablet. If you want, you can sign in or create a new account once you open the app. However, you're not required to create an account in order to start uploading images.

Right click the photo, “open image in new tab” This will load a URL link https://i.imgur.com/3peZftp.jpeg.

According to imgur: We allow hotlinking on forums, but hotlinked images cannot be used as content for a website, including blog posts, avatars, site elements, and advertising. You can read our terms of service for more info.

Discover the internet's most adorable, hilarious, and enlightening images, create viral memes, or watch time fly with the Imgur apps.

What are the rules for posting on Imgur? ›

Tap the + upload icon in the middle of your toolbar to create a new Imgur post. You may: Capture and upload a photo or video using your phone's camera. Upload both images and video from your phone's gallery.

First disadvantage is limit for file size if u want to upload big projects it is not for you. One account can upload only 50 images per hour. If u want to send more u need to change IP. If u want to send 100 photos per hour that will be annoying to change one time per hour your IP address.

A new malware strain has been discovered that uses Word files with macros to download a PowerShell script hosted on GitHub. Further, the script downloads a legitimate image file from the image-sharing community, Imgur, which is used for decoding a Cobalt Strike script on Windows systems.

Well, not entirely. A good thing about Imgur is that it does have filters and content policies in place to control the kind of content that gets uploaded to it. It also has a strict no-tolerance towards adult content since 2023, although it previously hosted many explicit images.

Imgur (/ˈɪmɪdʒər/ IM-ih-jər, stylized as imgur) is an American online image sharing and image hosting service with a focus on social gossip that was founded by Alan Schaaf in 2009.

Things to note:

Posts uploaded without an account are anonymous and hidden. They cannot be searched and only those people with whom you share the URL will be able to see them. All images uploaded to Imgur are available via their direct URLs at any time, which means they can never be completely secret.