Today, the popular image-sharing platform Imgur is announcing a significant change to its user experience in hopes of increasing the viral potential of its images. In what founder and CEO Alan Schaaf calls “the biggest update” made since launching the site in February 2009, Imgur’s users can now upload their photos directly to the community on Imgur.com via a new icon which will appear in the navigation bar on every page.
The New Gallery
Users can now upload images directly into the gallery! The gallery previously required a user to share images across the web in order to increase the virality score, at which point the image would come back to Imgur’s gallery.
The gallery will now act as the Imgur homepage. This new homepage has upload capabilities, allowing you to drag and drop directly to the page, use the upload toolbox in the top right or use the new upload icon, which remains in the toolbar throughout your Imgur experience.
Uploading to the gallery
With “add to gallery” option one can add a gallery title to your image. Choose wisely, for the title is a great factor in acquiring up votes. Adding multiple images to the gallery at once will automatically create an album. To add multiple individual images, please wait and add them separately. Start upload and, like magic, image will appear in the “new” section of the gallery! Images added to the gallery will not be private! Your username will be associated with each image.
The reputation system
There are now six life stages in the Imgur reputation system. Glorious , Copper, Bronze, Iron, Silver, Gold and Imgurite.
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