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Re:The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's N... by Zren on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @05:35PM (#14598830)
> Reddit's motivations

It's effectively a tracking "pixel" for what you click, even if you block their javascript/redirect.

It also keeps that data in house which they can sell (if they need to) rather than give all that data away to imgur for free. Though I wonder if the bandwidth costs will break even.

They can also use it in order to craft personalised suggestions.

Re:The Decline of Imgur on Reddit and the Rise of Reddit's N... by tyingq on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @05:57PM (#14598965)
I imagine they will also start checking referers and presenting pages, instead of images, to certain visitors. If that isn't happening already.