cuz i was banned from reddit

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      11 days ago

      I thought the Imgur thing on reddit was optional? like, you could upload directly. Do they use it as a backend or something? Am I missing something?

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        11 days ago

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

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          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.

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            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. 😂