{"id":9979,"date":"2017-11-16T21:38:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/imgurs-favorite-folders-turn-250m-meme-lords-into-curators.html"},"modified":"2017-11-16T21:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:38:03","slug":"imgurs-favorite-folders-turn-250m-meme-lords-into-curators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/imgurs-favorite-folders-turn-250m-meme-lords-into-curators.html","title":{"rendered":"Imgur\u2019s favorite folders turn 250M meme lords into curators"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Either you\u2019re one of 250 million monthly Imgurians, or you probably have no idea what Imgur is. The site for posting and upvoting jokes, inspiration, trivia and sob stories has long flown under the radar despite its massive size and $40 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz. But those who are part of the addictive image-sharing community know there\u2019s been one feature at the top of the request lists forever: favorite folders.<\/p>\n

Today, after extended delays and a beta test<\/a>, Imgur fulfills the wishes of the masses with the official launch<\/a> of favorite folders on desktop, mobile, web and its native apps. Now, rather than just \u201cfav-and-forget\u201ding the posts you want to save to a catch-all section of your profile, you can organize favorites into custom-named folders. Users can even share the folders with others \u2014 a bit like Pinterest\u2019s boards.<\/p>\n

This is a big deal because it changes Imgur from just an image posting and ranking site into one where curators can assemble the posts into useful compendiums that might appeal to a wider audience not already up on Imgur. Those aggregations could be the funniest reaction GIFs, the prettiest aerial drone footage, the most inspiring weight-loss before-and-afters or the best Rick and Morty memes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt lets you collect this magic of the internet,\u201d says Imgur founder and CEO Alan Schaaf. \u201cI think it taps into this basic human need and real problem. When you find something you love, you want to save it, you want to hold on to it. Not only do Imgurians get the opportunity to find the content that they love but also serve up their favorite content to others who visit their profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why did it take years to launch something that seems pretty simple? \u201cI don\u2019t have a great answer for you. The fact is that it did take longer than we would have liked.\u201d Users can long-press the favorite \u201cheart\u201d on mobile or click the \u201cmore\u201d button on web to select which folder to add a fav to. Controls for privacy and editing are available on the user profile.<\/p>\n

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Imgur is full of eye-popping, informative, hysterical imagery, but it\u2019s scattered across a massive archive. And usually once a post either gets upvoted to the front page or dies in the user submission pile, it slips into obscurity forever. Favorite folders give old content new legs. It\u2019s why we\u2019ve seen other apps like Facebook and Instagram implement bookmark folders of their own.<\/p>\n

By collecting, vetting and spotlighting the best posts from across all users, Imgur\u2019s new wave of curators could make the app more accessible to those who haven\u2019t experienced it yet. Schaaf says \u201cYou could be a recipe collector, a GIF creator, a Star Wars fanatic, a cosplay enthusiast,\u201d and your hard work could surface the value of Imgur to people who wouldn\u2019t have dug through it post by post.<\/p>\n

\"\"Growth is always good, especially as Imgur beefs up its business with a growing sales staff. More users, more viewers for its sponsored posts and display ads. \u201cWe\u2019re on a path to profitability and don\u2019t need to raise money right now,\u201d Schaaf proudly notes. \u201cWe were bootstrapped. I ran a profitable boostrapped company for five years, then raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz. It\u2019s within the DNA of the company to be a well-run, optimized business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now more than eight years old, that means Imgur could be on the path to an IPO. And favorite folders could give it the fodder to impress investors. It\u2019s easy to imagine \u201cbest of\u201d collections making great syndicated content for other websites or even print magazines, following in QA site Quora\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

Brands might pay to create their own sponsored favorite folders, alleviating them from trying to seem cool on their own. Netflix could make a folder of its new shows or classic movies around a theme, appealing to customers inside Imgur while simultaneously promoting the app as they post the collection elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Once merely known as the unofficial image host for Reddit, the two sites disentangled last year when Reddit started hosting its own media. Both have gone through their challenges with unsavory community members, misogyny and racism. But with a growing user base just 80 million smaller than Twitter\u2019s and unique new features, Imgur is proving itself a contender in social media.<\/p>\n

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