Imgur
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| The Internet's visual storytelling community. Explore, share, and discuss the best visual stories the Internet has to offer. | |
| Share host for image files | |
| languages | English |
| operator | Alan Schaaf |
| editorial staff | Alan Schaaf |
| Registration | Optional |
| On-line | February 23, 2009 (currently active) |
| http://imgur.com/ | |
Imgur (/ ɪmədʒəɹ /, ie image-he , stylisiert as Imgur ) is a free file hosting - service for images and a comment-driven social community. The site is maintained through income from advertising and merchandise .
history
Imgur was founded in 2009 by Alan Schaaf in Athens , Ohio , USA . In 2010 Imgur presented a gallery with user-uploaded pictures showing the latest contributions. In addition, a comment and rating function was installed. Imgur released its first content creation tool in 2013: the Imgur Meme Generator . Simple macros can be created there and a gallery of meme templates can be viewed.
The self-financed start-up soon had enough funds to invest in other companies of its own, including Andreessen Horowitz and Reddit , from which it was able to generate significant profits in 2014.
In 2011 and 2013, Imgur won the Best Bootstrapping Startup award at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards . At the Webby Awards 2015, Imgur won the People's Voice Award in the categories Best Social Media and Best Community Website . In the same year, Imgur had more than 150 million active users per month.
Others
The official mascot of the site is the Imguraffe, a combination of the Imgur and Giraffe components. Originally it was just an April Fool's joke, but it was kept because of its good acceptance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ How do you pronounce Imgur? In: Imgur.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015 .
- ^ Sarah Schaaf: "Tech Tuesday Takeover: Self-Serve Ads" . imgur blog. May 28, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ Sarah Schaaf: "Tutorial: The New Gallery" . imgur blog. October 22, 2012. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ↑ Sarah Schaaf: "The Imgur Meme Generator" . imgur blog. June 26, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ Imgur - About Us ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ^ Crunchies 2011 ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ^ 7th Annual Crunchies Awards ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ↑ webbyawards.com, Social Media Winners 2015 ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ↑ webbyawards.com, Website Community Winners 2015 ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ^ Imgur - About Us ; accessed on August 8, 2017
- ↑ Sarah Schaaf: "The Imguraffe" . February 27, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.