I legit did not realize that Emerald was $2/mo TWO DOLLARS. This strengthens my "stop wanting the content for free and weaken the Advertisers' Grip on the sites you visit most often' by...several orders of magnitude. 300 million people use Imgur. Imgur's revenue is reported to be 7.5 million USD annually. Just **448,000** people (0.15%!!!) subscribing to Emerald would be 7.5M/yr and would 100% replace all advertising revenue. THEN we're in a position to say "We want boobs" or w/e.
My brother lost his account over the nazipunching gif. It flooded the comments but he eventually got banned for it..and he called some Republicans retards🤷♂️
I don't know currently, but a long ass fucking time ago (and many accounts ago) imgur was a place where you could host pornography. It is now owned by an advertising company.
2/2 - I legit did not realize that Emerald was $2/mo TWO DOLLARS. This strengthens my "stop wanting the content for free and weaken the Advertisers' Grip on the sites you visit most often' by...several orders of magnitude. 300 million people use Imgur. Imgur's revenue is reported to be 7.5 million USD annually. Replacing 100% of advertiser money requires just **448,000** people subscribed to Emerald.
They gave me Emerald for free when I hit glorious. I was extremely skeptical about it and ignored it until I found out that I don't see ads on the app at all.
...That's 0.15% of Imgur users subscribing to bring Imgur all $7.5M of their annual revenue *including replacing 100% of whatever money they make from Advertisers*...
Stop wanting the content and the infrastructure for free? Everyone has huge objections to paying for "ad free" experiences, without making the next logic leap that if you're paying, then you become the CUSTOMER not the PRODUCT, and it doesn't take a huge percentage of people doing that to tip the scale away from the advertisers' 'family friendly' guidelines. Example FWIW: YT Premium pays YT Creators at about 8x the rate of Ad-Revenue at the same 55/45 split as AdRev. Like - $23/RPM vs $3 RPM
Right. Same here. I'm pointing out that "what can you do it you're not happy about the moderation of certain topics" is to become a vocal paying customer. Every company is beholden to those who hold the purse strings. "Advertiser Friendly" moderation will remain in place for as long as the bulk of Revenue comes from Advertising. Once Subscription Revenue exceeds Ad Revenue (by some buffer), then the business model changes - and the moderation model would, too.
Everyonesfavorite
Thr rogue and rando in user-sub till the mods take it away. Haha
DL17
member when front page posts got 15k+ up votes?
duktayp
Antininny
They've given too much power to Karens.
Edgarflaps
I agree. And anoth..... Imgur is good. Nothing to see here.
TomahawkJackson
I legit did not realize that Emerald was $2/mo TWO DOLLARS.
This strengthens my "stop wanting the content for free and weaken the Advertisers' Grip on the sites you visit most often' by...several orders of magnitude.
300 million people use Imgur.
Imgur's revenue is reported to be 7.5 million USD annually.
Just **448,000** people (0.15%!!!) subscribing to Emerald would be 7.5M/yr and would 100% replace all advertising revenue. THEN we're in a position to say "We want boobs" or w/e.
mcsammymc
Very true. I had a comment removed today. Fuck new Imgur. Old I mgur was the best.
Neanderthalersutopiaphilandrousanteatersotherbrother
My brother lost his account over the nazipunching gif. It flooded the comments but he eventually got banned for it..and he called some Republicans retards🤷♂️
djkr
Antininny
Drug oriented?? That'll be a 24-hour suspension for YOU!
spooktree
MrHappySmiles
Whatever that is, it’s gonna break your fast!
Uscombs
SLCtechie
I’ll have what it’s having
KainLamond
She's not an "it" you can clearly see her mouthgina
Helixninja333
What are they censoring?
Neanderthalersutopiaphilandrousanteatersotherbrother
Depends which mod you pissed off apparently
Uscombs
I legit commented les**** s*x is weird and they warned me of a ban
Tumescentpie
I don't know currently, but a long ass fucking time ago (and many accounts ago) imgur was a place where you could host pornography. It is now owned by an advertising company.
KainLamond
They get rid of it even if it's hidden now, so my profiles have broken links...
KainLamond
Mostly women
gtotherizzle
Yeah. It's pretty shitty. But what else are we going to do?
KainLamond
I've had to use other sites
SLCtechie
Build our own image sharing site; but with blackjack and hookers. Actually, forget the whole image sharing.
TomahawkJackson
2/2 - I legit did not realize that Emerald was $2/mo TWO DOLLARS.
This strengthens my "stop wanting the content for free and weaken the Advertisers' Grip on the sites you visit most often' by...several orders of magnitude.
300 million people use Imgur.
Imgur's revenue is reported to be 7.5 million USD annually.
Replacing 100% of advertiser money requires just **448,000** people subscribed to Emerald.
gtotherizzle
They gave me Emerald for free when I hit glorious. I was extremely skeptical about it and ignored it until I found out that I don't see ads on the app at all.
TomahawkJackson
...That's 0.15% of Imgur users subscribing to bring Imgur all $7.5M of their annual revenue
*including replacing 100% of whatever money they make from Advertisers*...
TomahawkJackson
Stop wanting the content and the infrastructure for free? Everyone has huge objections to paying for "ad free" experiences, without making the next logic leap that if you're paying, then you become the CUSTOMER not the PRODUCT, and it doesn't take a huge percentage of people doing that to tip the scale away from the advertisers' 'family friendly' guidelines.
Example FWIW: YT Premium pays YT Creators at about 8x the rate of Ad-Revenue at the same 55/45 split as AdRev. Like - $23/RPM vs $3 RPM
gtotherizzle
Mine is ad free. I assumed OP was complaining about content, or rather, the lack of.
TomahawkJackson
Right. Same here. I'm pointing out that "what can you do it you're not happy about the moderation of certain topics" is to become a vocal paying customer. Every company is beholden to those who hold the purse strings. "Advertiser Friendly" moderation will remain in place for as long as the bulk of Revenue comes from Advertising. Once Subscription Revenue exceeds Ad Revenue (by some buffer), then the business model changes - and the moderation model would, too.