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Re:The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's N... by mschuster91 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:33PM (#14596605)
> I wish some entity with deep pockets would just offer it as a public service / loss leader so we could stop the cycle. Google, Amazon, etc.

Doesn't work because the usual deep-pocket entities are trying to stay as far away from "nasty" stuff as possible... with "nasty" ranging from harmless stuff like nipples over porn to straight out gore (like Liveleak).

There are always some puritan but loud "activist parents" trying to f..k up stuff for everyone else.

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Re:The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's N... by tyingq on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:13PM (#14597031)
I see what you mean, but Google seems to manage this problem in YouTube via end user flagging and machine learning. Similar for Facebook, etc. I see why it might take Amazon out of the running to provide it.
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Re:The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's N... by matthewowen on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:18PM (#14599075)
I think the parent's point is that they ultimately remove this content. Imgur basically removes things that are illegal in the USA, and pretty much nothing else.

That's a feature, but it's not a feature most conglomerates want to provide.

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