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Why is the maximum image size one can upload in the chat twice larger than the maximum image size one can upload in a question or answer?
The upload limit for images and GIF files in questions and answers is 2 MiB, while the chat uploader has a size limit of 4 MiB for JPG and PNG (I haven't looked at GIF). In both cases, large images ...
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Stack Exchange’s image hosting arrangement with Imgur has ended - migration complete!
Update on the Imgur migration, May 28th 2024: Migration complete!
As of today, we are pronouncing the work associated with the Imgur migration "complete" for all intents and purposes. There ...
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Planned Imgur Maintenance for Thursday, February 23rd 00:00-01:00 UTC
On Thursday, February 23rd, between 00:00 and 01:00 UTC (February 22nd between 7:00 and 8:00 pm EST), Imgur is performing routine maintenance for 10-15 minutes, which may cause interruptions to stack....
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What should we do with suggested edits that change an image to be embedded inline by uploading a new copy?
I occasionally see suggested edits only changing the image from a link to inline.
I have rejected a couple as "This edit causes harm", but now I just click "No Improvement".
The ...
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Is there an elegant way to view the post images when my country is among the ones blocking Imgur?
Looks like my country is among the ones blocking Imgur. So, whenever I view the posts with images, I get only a partial view.
Is there an elegant way to view the posts (from Google Chrome or Firefox) ...
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What is the retention time of images uploaded to https://i.stack.imgur.com?
I sometimes use SO to upload images to i.stack.imgur.com, but without posting any questions. I found this trick very convenient when I need a permalink to previews or thumbnails.
What is the risk that ...
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What is the future for Imgur and SE? [duplicate]
SE relies on Imgur for hosting images and avatars on public sites. Most of the content is text, but the images are often important as well. So the part that is delegated to Imgur is a pretty important ...
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Imgur image processing takes too long
Image uploads are slow. It takes at least 6-8 seconds to upload one image (demo: https://youtu.be/laNmsiLhcFY). This is not due to upload speed, but because Imgur processing is slow (in the YouTube ...
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How do I access a banned Imgur site? [duplicate]
Maybe you know, imgur.com is banned in Turkey. So we can't see images on asked questions and can not upload any image to questions. Is there an alternative to imgur.com for downloading/uploading ...
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What will happen to the SE, if something happens to the imgur.com?
Nearly all the images of nearly all the posts will suddenly disappear.
I suspect, recovery work will start on the spot, probably by asking for the local user caches of the readers, and digging in the ...
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What should I do when I notice posts with images hosted on suspicious non-Imgur domains?
The two main issues with posts containing images hosted on non-http://stack.imgur.com/ domains are:
Link rot.
Potential spam — in case the hoster replaces the images with advertisements.
There are ...
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imgur.com is blocked at work because it is seen as an entertainment focus social media [duplicate]
Since 2011, Stack Exchange use Imgur to handle pictures. If I personally have no problem with Imgur so far, some workplaces can have. Mine for example... Why a company would block it? Imgur is an ...
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Image size limit: Why it is set to 2 MiB?
From older Meta posts it seem to me that the file size limit was higher in the past, and linked to the limits allowed by imgur.
However, now the limit is 2 MiB, and imgur allows much more than that (&...
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Community Ads 2018 don't allow dynamic images anymore
Trying to repost that great dynamic community ad (I forget whom to credit for it) I get:
Why this restriction? Can we please have dynamic ads back? (I seem to remember that there are few others.)
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What will we do if Imgur closes? [duplicate]
All images are hosted on Imgur. What will happen if they close? And their host crashes.
Many questions have very important images for many purposes. I was just wondering if the site is prepared?
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