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Imgur blocks access to most VPN IP addresses so any posts using the host will result in many users being unable to see the content. Sometimes only remote viewing is affected but is also often blocked when trying to open in new tab and view at the parent site.

Consider uploading to the fediverse or using a privacy-respecting hosting service like postimages.

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[–] Zoma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Imgur is also banned in the uk, I think its due to cyber flashing and epilepsy trolling. Section 187, Online Safety Act.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 168 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's true and I won't turn off my vpn for companies that do this crap.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Thanks Imgur for saving me from Imgur

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Prepare this is gonna get a lot worse, though.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 122 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You don't see imgur because you use a VPN.

I don't see imgur because I won't enable their Javascript.

We are not the same.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't see imgur because I use a vpn and also because I am in the UK. We's diffrunt.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago
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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Shit even without a VPN, it might not work unless you make damn sure to link the correct direct image link and not the imgur container link. This has been an issue with imgur on other social media for years now.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Could you please specify how to tell them apart?

The correct one has a file extension.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You get the image URL by right-clicking on the image and selecting ‘copy image link’ or whatever it is in your browser. It looks like ‘i.imgur.com/33blahbleh.jpg’, whereas the page URL is ‘imgur.com/gallery/cat-making-pizza-33blahbleh’.

If you use the app, I doubt it that they give you the direct image URL anywhere.

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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have to use a VPN to see imgur pics because the UK government is run by wankers 😭 And I don't even live in the UK proper, I'm in N. Ireland, but I'm subject to those bullshit laws with zero recourse.

Did I just become an IRA man? 👀

The IRA existed for a reason, that reason never really went away.

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I live in California and still get randomly geoIPed to the UK. I start noticing it when imgur stops loading.

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's funny really... what was the quote? You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Imgur was started back in the day to provide a no-bullshit image host, because all the others were too corporate / too monetized / too much bullshit/enshittification. So MrGrim started Imgur to fix that.

Then MrGrim took a bunch of VC money, and they eventually sold out, and now the result is the sad shell of what it once was today.

[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah. I remember ye olde days of Imgur. NSFW in gallery and stuff. Now it's just shitty. It was a pretty gradual thing. I don't even remember exactly what made me stop using it.

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[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm in the UK. I can only see imgur when I do use a VPN.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm also in the UK, and imgur blocks my VPN, so I get the worst of both worlds.

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Also, anyone in the UK not using a VPN won't be able to see them, since imgur chose to block the UK rather than adhere to age verification laws.

Whatever one thinks about that legislation, other countries (including the whole of the EU and Australia) are likely to do the same and it seems likely imgur will become a US-only resource..

[–] Cyanova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Well, that and due to them being investigated for how they handle children's data and access, it had appeared that a fine was heading their way.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I honestly don't get why folks use external image providers. Lemmy is perfectly capable of providing post images, just attach it and there you go. Or is it about saving free space on a server?

[–] verifiedbyme@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also was of the assumption that imgur has turned to dogshit? Only read it in a Reddit comment before moving here, though.

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

It depends what they liked about Imgur in the first place, in the first couple of years, it really was a wild West platform that would host anything. Then it sort of became a social network, with one thing being the mods being really open to user suggestions and an active part of the community. The "community" was literally just the comments under images on the public feed. It was at its strongest around 2015 when a secret santa was organised completely adhoc under an image post, then turned into a formal thing. People would post images of something they were working on, accompanied by long personal stories and these would become some sort of "canon" and people would post response meme, and highlight reels of what had been shared in the last month. And then ads came. A couple of the mods left. The filters became a little more automatic, a little more prone to flagging stuff that was fine. There's still community stuff there, I just feel it's not as inspired as it once was. Everything that happened with Reddit going public didn't help.

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Impur started as an amazing simple free host

Then they had to enshitify it for money.

[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Used Imgur for decades? But never browsed it. That seems weird.

[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

No I've never bowsed imgur but I made the mistake of uploading a photo of my wife holding a chicken so I could post it to a back yard chicken forum, and the comments were enough to ensure I never posted anything there again.

Basically an unmoderated cess pool.

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[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same goes for catbox links. Either post the fatbox link instead or choose a different image host, the VPN is not getting turned off just for shitposts.

[–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Didn't know catbox are also blocked by some as well

[–] JustDorky@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

+1 for postimg endorsement

[–] Jerry@feddit.online 10 points 1 week ago

I don't see the images when I'm on the VPN or off the VPN.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I just yesterday was trying to re-upload a video posted to Imgur that many people couldn't see. Is there a good, privacy-respecting service for videos? Postimage wouldn't allow me to select the MP4 file. It was under 5MB.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

catbox.moe usually works, but I can't upload anything to it if my VPN is active. >...>

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A lot of countries, ISPs, etc. also block Catbox. Though I am confused by the VPN problem, because I also often have issues with Catbox on a VPN, but their FAQ actually suggests to use a VPN to use the service if your country or whatever blocks it. So they clearly are not intending to wholesale block VPNs or anything.

https://catbox.moe/faq.php

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

I think the inconstancy has to do with whether your VPN of choice is allowing itself to be used for bot scraping and other shitty resource hogs. Back when AI scrapers were running openly via their own company's network and then started to get blocked by IP, the scrapers didn't stop. They just went to VPN.

So on VPN it's not unusual for me to be fine and then suddenly get blocked from sites, or just extra captchas, Cloudflare checks and the like out of the blue; I've come to assume that just means someone's using it to be shitty. Switching proxies helps occasionally, but not always. I live with it.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Iirc Lemmy itself allows uploading videos when posting, though perhaps this differs per instance.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

same goes for anyone using catbox.moe.

it's become such a problem I've started to block users and communities because 95% of their posts are shared catbox links.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It sounds like that's some network providers that block catbox, rather than vice versa.

https://catbox.moe/faq.php

Why can't I access Catbox/access files on Catbox (files.catbox.moe)?

Good question! It turns out certain governments in the world hate freedom of information, don't have net neutrality, don't see online service providers as legally exempt entities, or a combination of the three! You will have issues accessing Catbox/files on Catbox if you are connecting from the following countries or providers:

Probably the most significant ones on there from a standpoint of users here are "Australia", "Rogers", "Comcast", and "Verizon". It sounds like all of those blocks are pretty easy to bypass (like, they're either DNS-level or can be disabled by users on their router, where there's a blacklist toggle that's on by default).

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

PieFed allows you to block entire domains. With a PieFed account, you would be able to just block catbox.moe and never see another Catbox post again from anyone.

xiFlib3tZcjge7E.webp

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don’t most Lemmy instances have their own image proxies? Or is that just for comments, you mean direct links in posts? I don’t know if those are proxied.

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[–] Neocorporation@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just proxy Imgur links through duckduckgo with a tamper monkey script. As long as it isn't mass adopted, it should run under the radar okay for day to day browsing 😂

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Consider uploading to the fediverse

I would, except GIFs cannot be uploaded. Every single GIF I've ever tried to upload+post is met with '400 unknown error'. Hence Imgur, sometimes catbox.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Blame your instance, not "the fediverse". Sounds like your admin configured their Lemmy instance to reject GIF uploads in an attempt to save on storage space because GIF files are so large compared to modern formats like WebP, AVIF, JPEGXL, etc. But some instances do allow GIFs. I just posted this last week because the instance I am on does: https://quokk.au/static/media/posts/pt/SI/ptSIPHNTlAYA1Ri.gif

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I’m more shocked people still use Imgur for anything anymore.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Don't use VPN! Easy! /S

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

i've been using imgbb as an alternative for a few years, they're proba gonna enshittify soon but it's not bad as of now. i make sure to save anything i share to the web on the wayback machine SPN tho..

[–] Drasglaf@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trick: If it's asingle image, you can still download it with save link as...

If it's a gallery, it'll unfortunately download a .json file. I'm not sure about gifs.

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