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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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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Allow SVG image uploads
I am unable to upload SVG image files to Stack Overflow. So I would like to know why it is blocked while other image formats are allowed. SVG images are useful for diagrams such as tree diagrams for ...
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Profile picture cannot have transparent background
I never liked that SO/SE relied on the external gravatar service, so I was glad to read that it doesn't any more. However, it turns out that one cannot use as profile picture a PNG file with ...
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The Stack Imgur service is no longer resizing images correctly
I noticed at the start of August 2018 that new images like https://i.sstatic.net/MJrvX.png no longer resize when an m is placed before .png.
Original image:
https://i.sstatic.net/MJrvX.png
Auto ...
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Please do something to encourage people to scale down their giant heavyweight photos
Once conveniently posting photos at imgur.com was introduced I see many users uploading photos right from their camera. For example, here the second photo is 2,5K by 2K pixels and has size of 680K.
I ...
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Imgur TOS change on May 15th 2023 could cause the loss of thousands of Stack Exchange images!
On May 15th 2023, Imgur will implement its new TOS, in which
We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account.
I, and presumably many other users, ...
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Disallow new embedded images from hosts other than the SE imgur account
There are two issues with embedded images in posts that link to outside hosts:
These images are likely to expire at some point, which can render the post meaningless
External images allow users to ...
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Any details about stack.imgur.com?
Since May 2011, images uploaded through SE sites are uploaded to stack.imgur.com. It seems that removing that stack part does not get one (the same) image, so it seems to be a standalone installation? ...
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Making a better image uploader
For those who don't know me, I'm a product designer here at Stack Overflow.
Currently I'm working on a project called Teams (for more information about Teams and other projects, read Tim's post on ...
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Intermittent Failed to upload image; imgur is rejecting the request
Just now when trying to upload an image with the image uploader I'm greeted intermittently with the following error:
Failed to upload image; imgur is rejecting the request
That error comes from the ...
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Why is there a peeking duck in my profile pic?
In my SO profile, you may see something odd: a peeking duck.
I've just recently uploaded this new profile picture of mine. I checked it after the upload and everything's fine. After a few hours, I ...
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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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More and more images go missing. Can the cooked HTML be rebuilt?
Would it be doable to re-generate the cooked (cached) HTML of all posts that hold images and were last edited between August 16 2010 and June 21 2011?
Many references to i.imgur.com were ...
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Hosting options for people that have Imgur blocked by their ISP
Imgur is blocked by two of the private ISPs we use. Is there a workaround without involving tunnelling?
Bear in mind that Filmot (an Imgur mirror) and Flickr are also blocked.
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