Imgur's Community Is in Full Revolt Against Its Owner
8 days ago
- #Protest
- #MediaLab AI
- #Imgur
- Imgur users are protesting against MediaLab AI, the site's parent company, by posting images of John Oliver raising his middle finger with anti-MediaLab sentiment.
- Imgur was created in 2009 as a simple image hosting service and grew into a social media platform with its own community, memes, and norms.
- MediaLab AI acquired Imgur in 2021, leading to layoffs, removal of human moderators, and degradation of site functionality.
- Users report bans for trivial reasons, broken features like video playback for non-logged-in users, and unreliable AI moderation.
- MediaLab AI is accused of withholding payments to former owners, including Imgur's founder, and faces lawsuits.
- The community is organizing boycotts and exploring alternative image-sharing platforms.