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		afandian 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens f... Without user-generated content there is nothing to host. And in any case they long ago turned from an image hosting site into a social media site. There's reactions and commenting as a core part of the service now.

chrisjj 3 months ago [–]

> Without user-generated content there is nothing to host.

So what? Without the passively-read content there'd be no user-generated content.

> There's reactions and commenting as a core part of the service now.

It is totally optional.

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