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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Imgur is now blocked in the UK - should images embedded from Imgur be re-uploaded in posts?
Last month, Imgur started blocking users from the United Kingdom from their site. For British users, a stub image with "Content not available in your region" is served instead, meaning that ...
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To find old images in chat, you still have to search with the Imgur URL
I was recently looking for a graph I had posted to a private chat room several months ago. In order to find it, I went to search for messages posted by me containing i.sstatic.net in the room I knew I ...
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Uploading PNG image less than 2 MiB leads to error "Your image is too large to upload (over 2 MiB)."
I tried to upload PNG image with size about 1.3 MiB, but image uploader says that an image size is more than 2 MiB: Your image is too large to upload (over 2 MiB). Possible explanation for this is ...
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Why is the maximum image size one can upload in the chat twice larger than the maximum image size one can upload in a question or answer?
The upload limit for images and GIF files in questions and answers is 2 MiB, while the chat uploader has a size limit of 4 MiB for JPG and PNG (I haven't looked at GIF). In both cases, large images ...
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Can i.stack.imgur.com/[ID].gif, i.stack.imgur.com/[ID].jpg and i.stack.imgur.com/[ID].png be different images?
I believe that i.stack.imgur.com supports only 3 extensions: .gif, .jpg and .png. Assume these three URLs with the same [ID]: i.stack.imgur.com/[ID].gif i.stack.imgur.com/[ID].jpg i.stack.imgur.com/[...
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Exactly what metadata is preserved when uploading an image on the network?
This old question "Is EXIF data removed from uploaded SE pictures?" claims that Imgur will strip the EXIF data once the image is uploaded to their server Recently, a question posted on the ...
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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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What should we do with suggested edits that change an image to be embedded inline by uploading a new copy?
I occasionally see suggested edits only changing the image from a link to inline. I have rejected a couple as "This edit causes harm", but now I just click "No Improvement". The ...
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