> What’s the issue with removing old unused and inactive content?

$$$

I imagine there's probably a LOT of images that were uploaded, viewed by 1 or 2 people, and then never viewed again, and never WILL be viewed again. But they still have to store them, and that storage costs money.

Indeed, what i meant is that i agree with imgur and dont think it will follow tumblr.

Reddit doesn't allow uploading of images or videos in NSFW subs so most of that content is hosted on imgur. I reckon this will be a massive blow against both sites. Not only for the purged archive but also fewer future visitors to imgur when the site is replaced for NSFW and thereby all other content in the long run. Photobucket used to be the goto site. Then imgur replaced it. Another site will replace imgur.

Speaking of old content. That's a massive issue for everyone. Most forums depend on external services for sharing images. This will kill tutorials, progress diaries and close to most images in forums. It's like purging all movies from music predating 1990. It will have a major impact.

I hope they dont overkill it and only delete irrelevant images. Imgur is my refuge and would hate to see it retire like tumblr. But i do see a point in deleting useless content.