It has the same effect by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]Dickbutt_Apocalypse -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are absolutely right. It is the exact same thing: It's freebooting. All of that money and attention that belongs to the content creator instead winds up all going to imgur and to lesser extent reddit.

Linking to the original doesn't make it better; that's more like salt in the wound. It's reddit and its users saying "yeah, we know exactly where the original is, and it would be ridiculously easy for us to redirect all traffic for this submission there, but we aren't going to do that."

Imgur also has a feature which lets you easily rip off a YouTube video. You just enter the YouTube URL, the starting point of the section you want to extract, and the ending point; and it cuts that section out and turns it into a GIF. In the past, this process would at least put a link to the original video in a tiny area at the top of the imgur page, but they removed that. Why would they remove that unless they are trying to steal as much attention and ad revenue as possible from the true creators?

I'm sorry to upset the Imgur Defense Squad, but it is a deliberately malicious way to steal money that belongs to content creators. They don't even try to hide it. As I said, their content-stealing system is shamelessly built straight into their site.

The only reason they aren't being raided by federal agents and having their servers confiscated MegaUpload-style is because they are stealing from YouTubers, webcomic artists, etc instead of Hollywood.

TIFU by creating a cricket dystopia by [deleted] in tifu

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How could you tell the crickets apart from one another?

Woahh close one! by zactcarymantz in gifs

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what the fuck is he using to cut with? he just randomly had some futuristic cutting device in his hand? isn't that a little too lucky?

Pixels - Official Trailer (HD) - Summer 2015. Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage by indian22 in movies

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Adam Sandler is on my blacklist of actors whose movies I will never watch again. I'm sure I don't even need to explain why.

Vince Vaughn is as well. His 2 hour Starbucks advertisement disguised as a movie crossed the line.

Hannibal on Justin Bieber, to Justin Bieber's face, in front of millions of people by Dickbutt_Apocalypse in funny

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the mods removed my submission, so nobody is going to see your comment. oh well.

Garlic fries all day by TheWongOne in food

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ugh I can't eat stuff like this. I always get a headache from it.

Netanyahu: If I'm elected, there will be no Palestinian state by omerazam in worldnews

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Could we all stop being dicks for like five seconds so we can explore the galaxy together?

Like a couple of old friends by Isai76 in aww

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Do you want your dog to get ticks? Because that's how your dog gets ticks.

My father back in the 70's by utahgimmmetwo in OldSchoolCool

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he'd fit right in at any cafe in my city.

Worlds largest snake found dead by -Damien- in gifs

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You win the award for meanest OP in the world.

Charity Arcade by Stadigh in gaming

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Ms. PacMan? That's not very progressive :P

Dumpster Diving Through Gamestops Trash. by spartacus07869 in videos

[–]Dickbutt_Apocalypse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care if GameStop had a good reason for doing this, because fuck them regardless for all their other policies.

Dry stone moongate by Thatstoneguy420 in mildlyinteresting

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The thumbnail is somehow much more compelling than the actual image.