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  • I suppose it’s because they morphed into a community in and of itself.

    I always found the Imgur community hilarious - I lovingly refer to them as sewer rats. Some of the communities I’ve been part of are less tech-savvy, and people accidentally enable the “post to community” feature on their images intended to be viewed solely on reddit. The Imgurians were not happy seeing designer goods in their feed.