What kind of platform is Imgur?
What kind of platform is Imgur? Imgur is a social networking platform where users share images online. Founded in 2009, Alan Schaad first developed Imgur as a side project while he attended Ohio University.
Is Imgur owned by Google?
Popular image-sharing site Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab, a Santa Monica-based firm that describes itself as a “holding company of consumer internet brands.” The company owns a number of B-list tech and internet services, including messaging apps Kik and Whisper, lyrics annotator Genius, and viral video
Is it down Imgur?
Imgur.com is UP and reachable by us. Please check and report on local outages below
Does Imgur reduce quality?
Imgur uses both types of compressions. Every image that goes in is compressed by lossless compression because there’s no reason not to. It reduces the size of the images with no downside. Lossy compression is only used when the image is above a certain file size (5MB for pro, 1MB for standard).