what does that fix do exactly?

I did it and images load twice as fast.

It stops your browser from sending the http referrer header. Meaning the site you are sending a request to (say a hotlinked image like the issue here) won't be told where the request is coming from (in this case 2+2).

so it avoids any 'img hotlinking not allowed' errors and its not by default in firefox?

fu mozilla

It'll cause *other* hotlinking errors when sites watch to verify that your referrer *does* correctly mention their site.

So it's something each user would have to do, not each person who uses imgur as a hosting site? That's not a very practical solution.

I haven't heard from back from them yet.

Another possibility is that most people who do use them just post the img tag, e.g., [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vmImn.jpg[/IMG], rather than the one that links back to imgur, e.g., [URL=http://imgur.com/vmImn][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vmImn.jpg[/IMG][/URL]. It's not exactly clear to me, but it seems imgur may consider regularly doing the former to be unacceptable:
I've always figured if they weren't OK with people using the plain [img] tags they wouldn't list those tags right there with every image, but it may be that this is what's happened: they banned 2p2 because, basically, they don't want to be used the way we all use them. If that's it, there may be no good solution because the [img] links are the easiest to use. (It would also imply that they're idiots for prominently presenting those links, then dinging us for using them.)

the hell with them.. most linking we do on 2p2 is 150kb or less.

Yep, this seems to be it, so to see imgur images now you can do this. But clearly it does not solve the overall problem because not every user is going to do it.

Imageshack bans 2+2 every few weeks too. This sucks.

This sucks. Photobucket and imageshack are banned in some countries, so you cannot use them to host pictures.

That's useful. Thanks.

That will lead to other problems and isn't a complete fix.

But it's obviously evidence of them blocking 2p2, despite whatever PP said which literally made no sense.

I was making a guess since we had not been blocked by them before, and we are not filtering them, but as it turns out that is apparently the case, that they are blocking us. The referral fix works well be obv not the preferred fix as very few will know it. Hopefully they will respond to atakdog.

Maybe a red should send them a quick e-mail?

I think the way mods and admins have handled this is despicable. Clearly underhanded tactics are at play here. 2p2 is not telling you the truth and you people need to wake up to what is happening. /sarcasm...nah I like you guys

Does DN have a financial interest in imgur too?

I think so. I have a pro account there but I'm still just a user. I worded my note to them pretty carefully, taking plenty of opportunities to extoll the virtues of allowing imgur images here, but an admin may be able to do that better and would almost certainly be taken more seriously.

Unfortunately, they're a tiny company and it wouldn't surprise me if no one who can address this is around over the weekend.

fwiw, the contact is sarah@imgur.com.

you can use this add-on so it won't affect other sites.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/refcontrol/

tools--refControl--add sites--imgur.com--block send no refer

Perhaps they sent someone here at 2+2 a private message asking for ad revenue and when it wasn't responded to they banned the site in order to move things forward?

Edit: I thought this was working only for some images, but that's not true; the add on seems to work fine. Still not a real fix, but better than messing with about:config as a temporary measure.

See, when I make a DN joke it's funny, when you do it you just seem like a dick.

I've never heard of you and don't care to get to know you. I was quoting PP.

There's a reason for this.

This crap is ****ing up my diiiiids gay seal in the DN thread

So, since post 17 we know that imgur banned 2+2. Don't see how it's so hard to figure that for a company trying to create revenue from an internet message board.



What you gonna do about it?