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cuz i was banned from reddit

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[–] retype@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imgur is its own platform, has its own app and its own community. Reddit, I believe, may use it for image hosting as well?

[–] kopasu22@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The site was started by people who wanted to make a convenient image host for Reddit back when Reddit did not directly host any media, but it's a separate venture and Reddit later added their own image hosting capabilities.

[–] aloofPenguin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahhh. That clears some things up. Thank you! :)

[–] retype@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Of course!

Imgur was my passive, "only sort of social" social network of choice to find content. Then they were running ads for AfD and well... That was that for me. 😂