Questions tagged [imgur-image-hosting]
For questions about the now-deprecated use of Imgur's service to handle image uploads for Stack Exchange.
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Failed to upload image; couldn't reach imgur (2020 edition)
I'm unable to upload any image due to the following error:
Failed to upload image; couldn't reach imgur
https://imgur.com/ itself looks working. And I can upload image via their site. So here's ...
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Allow for non-Imgur hosted images in community ads [duplicate]
Once upon a time, Mi Yodeya had a community ad which looked like this:
This was a really neat ad, and was heavily upvoted and put into the rotation year after year...until however long ago it's been ...
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Allow edit to be continued during imgur's image load
Can we have a functionality that will insert corresponding line immediately:
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
and allow us to continue editing of a question or an answer while actual image ...
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Some uploaded images get aggressively compressed; why and when?
I tried uploading a full-page screenshot of a deleted question to share with low-rep users, and I noticed that the result was barely legible.
For example let's take a full-page screenshot of the XY ...
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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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Imgur is over capacity - some user avatars fail to load
I see a lot of 'white' avatars in the question lists, e.g. here and here.
Some user avatars aren't loaded, e.g. https://i.sstatic.net/O7K2b.jpg and https://i.sstatic.net/gkMl8.png – they just timeout ...
GlorfindelMod
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Lots of broken images [duplicate]
Images uploaded to imgur are showing broken image icons with a link containing the image description (which is usually just the generic "enter image description here"). When I click on the link I get ...
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Uploading picture seems down across all stack website
It seems not possible to upload a picture anymore across several StackExchange website.
It fails with "Failed to upload image; couldn't reach imgur" although the host i.sstatic.net is responding ...
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Profile image proportions are broken
On some user profiles, e.g. here image proportions are broken:
Image on activity tab or on network profile page isn’t distorted:
The issue is probably related to the old one: Avatar ...
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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 ...
user437611
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User image is too heavy
Just noticed on this user profile:
Yes, all we know that internet is fast nowadays, but ... 1.5Mb for (scaled) 164x164 px image is too much.
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Scale between the imgur m & l image modificators
This feature scales images down without having to use HTML tags. It's a great idea but anything below "l" is instantly too small.
I get that it's supposed to be 100% then 50% then 25%, but it's such a ...
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Powered by (Imgur)?
Imgur logo is not visible on some sites when image upload dialog is open. E.g. here on MSE is visible:
But not visible on SO:
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Can we get the new imgur uploader for chat?
I actually like the new imgur uploader (besides the link issue)
But the one in chat is very dated. It'd be nice if we could get the same one for chat. Mostly for the drag and drop feature, but also ...
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