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Imgur
Raised as a usability problem by 141 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 93 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Images take so long to load the user gives up after 20 secondsUnreviewed
20122026- Pages take forever to load and crash, making the site basically unusable2025-12-26
- Pages take 10+ seconds to load, showing only a grey background2025-02-28
- Site is ad-infested and very slow to load images2023-04-20
Direct image links redirect to full site, with slow mobile loadsUnreviewed
20122026- Takes 35+ seconds to load images and redirects direct image links to HTML2025-09-11
- Direct image links redirect to an ad-filled infinite scroll page instead of the image2023-04-27
- Direct image links show an empty loading page or a low-res wrapper, so users can't zoom or get the original2022-06-05
Mobile site is deliberately crippled to push the appUnreviewed
20122026- Constant dark-pattern UX pushes users toward the mobile app2023-04-20
- Uses dark patterns that push users into actions they did not choose2022-10-27
- Site pushes users to install its mobile app instead of using the website2022-04-08
Mobile site hides content, making it painful to useUnreviewed
20122026- Forces app use on mobile and makes viewing just the image hard2024-08-16
- The image is almost impossible to see on mobile2023-08-03
- The actual image is nearly invisible, crowded out by ads and promoted content2023-08-03
On mobile, uploading requires desktop view or the appUnreviewed
20122026- Cannot upload images from a phone or tablet, making the service useless to the commenter2024-07-16
- Mobile app could not upload images at all, so the user moved elsewhere2023-04-20
- On mobile, uploading requires switching to desktop view or the site demands the app2022-06-05
Scrolling switches images instead of moving the pageUnreviewed
20122026- Any interaction switches images unexpectedly and hijacks the back button2025-02-28
- Clicking an image sometimes sends you back to the page instead of showing it2023-04-20
- Scrolling down sometimes switches images instead of scrolling the page2017-02-21
Image uploading has become bloated and annoyingUnreviewed
20122026- Site has become bloated, slow and hard to use2021-09-27
- Site has become bloated and annoying to upload images to2020-12-23
- Features keep being removed, making the site nearly unusable as an image host2018-03-24
Ads and hostile layout make content hard to reachUnreviewed
20122026- Intrusive, annoying ads make the site progressively worse to use2023-04-19
- Site has become user-hostile, with patterns people complain about over time2019-10-20
- Ads and hostile UX make the site hard to use2019-09-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- Modal can't be dismissed, appears inconsistently, blocks viewing mobile pages2026-08-26
- Clicking a post throws up a modal that can't be dismissed, forcing account creation2026-08-26
- Gets overloaded or region-blocked errors when trying to view images2026-03-02
- Pages take forever to load and crash, making the site basically unusable2025-12-26
- Guide is vague, leaving many gaps, so setup takes hours2025-11-29
- Text lines are so wide, about 50 words, that reading is hard on large monitors2025-11-28
- Nagging popups hide the 'view in Safari' option and pinch-zoom navigates away2025-11-27
- Takes 35+ seconds to load images and redirects direct image links to HTML2025-09-11
- Direct .jpg/.png links redirect to HTML and block viewing content, pushing app download2025-07-26
- Every image link opens with an annoying prompt to get the app2025-07-26
- App doesn't work well even when installed, per the commenter's experience2025-07-26
- Site is now completely unusable, with no specific problem named2025-07-26
- Pages take 10+ seconds to load, showing only a grey background2025-02-28
- Any interaction switches images unexpectedly and hijacks the back button2025-02-28
- Wrong swipes wipe out the content being read; landscape mode is unsupported2025-01-06
- Popups cover half the screen while trying to view an image on mobile2024-12-23
- Forces app use on mobile and makes viewing just the image hard2024-08-16
- Cannot upload images from a phone or tablet, making the service useless to the commenter2024-07-16
- The image is almost impossible to see on mobile2023-08-03
- The actual image is nearly invisible, crowded out by ads and promoted content2023-08-03
- Back button hijacked and annoying ads clutter the mobile site2023-08-03
- Image link opens a page with a tiny screenshot and unrelated image, which is confusing2023-07-03
- Direct image links redirect to an ad-filled infinite scroll page instead of the image2023-04-27
- Clicking an image sometimes sends you back to the page instead of showing it2023-04-20
- Mobile app could not upload images at all, so the user moved elsewhere2023-04-20
- Forces app download on iOS browsers even when desktop site requested2023-04-20
- New Imgur interface is more annoying to use than the old one2023-04-20
- Site is ad-infested and very slow to load images2023-04-20
- Album management is so hard to use that it's almost unusable2023-04-20
- Constant dark-pattern UX pushes users toward the mobile app2023-04-20
- Intrusive, annoying ads make the site progressively worse to use2023-04-19
- Autoplays unrelated videos, freezes mobile browser, and hijacks back button2023-03-28
- Imgur's UX was ruined in pursuit of monetization, making it worse to use2023-03-20
- Back button stops working after clicking share, so user can't leave the page2023-03-16
- UI still feels slow to respond even after the method was optimized2023-03-01
- Uses dark patterns that push users into actions they did not choose2022-10-27
- On mobile, uploading requires switching to desktop view or the site demands the app2022-06-05
- Direct image links show an empty loading page or a low-res wrapper, so users can't zoom or get the original2022-06-05
- Using Imgur on mobile is much more painful than it should be, missing content2022-06-05
- Images won't load on mobile; only the top bar renders, with no workaround2022-04-15
- Site pushes users to install its mobile app instead of using the website2022-04-08
- Image won't load unless ad blockers and NoScript are disabled2022-02-14
- Quick Look fails; must consent to cookies, then image opens in app2022-01-20
- Mobile web version disabled posting, forcing users to the app or desktop mode2021-12-02
- Main content takes so long to load the user gives up and closes the tab2021-11-25
- Mobile visitors are redirected so it's nearly impossible to get the raw image file2021-10-24
- Image link shows empty page and login overlay for seconds before loading2021-10-24
- Mobile site blocks access to user's own uploads page despite correct URL2021-09-28
- Site is almost unusable for the commenter2021-09-28
- Image links redirect to a page with popups, cookie prompts and app prompts2021-09-27