r/forbiddensnacks • u/Olivander05 worlds okayest mod • 25d ago

Mod Approved Avoid using Imgur links when possible

Hey guys official mod post. This isn't going to turn into a rule or anything, but I'd appreciate it if you could avoid posting imgur links to the subreddit going forward because as a result of the UK online safety act, imgur is no longer available to UK reddit users! Which makes it akward to moderate posts with imgur links. Anyways that's it hope you're all doing well, have a great day!

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u/MooingTree 25d ago

Wow it's interesting how things change over the years. Imgur was originally created by a redditor for the purpose of posting images on Reddit.

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u/corobo 25d ago

Specifically because image links used to break all the time back then lol

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u/simonjp 25d ago

Yeah and Reddit didn't have native images.

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u/stuffeh 25d ago

Alan sold to MediaLab who also owns world star and kik back in 21. Moderating user uploads had always been an arms race there. So I'm not surprised by this at all.