I don't have links at hand but I thought it was well known that imgur was compromised at some point, not necessarily coinciding with reddit's downfall but we know all the stuff started getting obvious after 2016. The other image serving sites are the same, albeit without the social commentary component, but others like Giphy definitely censor and curate to push acceptable (and largely corporate-sponsored) narratives. As for imgur specifically, whatever they did certainly became "self-propagating" and its users live in a political bubble where all they do is trade left-wing memes all day.
Huh, well I'd be interested if you do remember any specifics. Because all I've ever had were suspicions, I don't think I've seen any actual evidence. Would be cool to see my suspicious backed up.
But, yeah, something was very hinky when that all went down.
I don't have links at hand but I thought it was well known that imgur was compromised at some point, not necessarily coinciding with reddit's downfall but we know all the stuff started getting obvious after 2016. The other image serving sites are the same, albeit without the social commentary component, but others like Giphy definitely censor and curate to push acceptable (and largely corporate-sponsored) narratives. As for imgur specifically, whatever they did certainly became "self-propagating" and its users live in a political bubble where all they do is trade left-wing memes all day.
Huh, well I'd be interested if you do remember any specifics. Because all I've ever had were suspicions, I don't think I've seen any actual evidence. Would be cool to see my suspicious backed up.
But, yeah, something was very hinky when that all went down.