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Nobody should be using Imgur anymore. I would recommend ImgBB as alternative, or your suggestion (Catbox): https://imgbb.com/ https://catbox.moe/ Anyway, Imgur creates so many problems that it should be retired.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gemini 4 Carbon"}, {"id": 769053552, "item_id": 48065847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065847", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-05-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This one is a favorite among Mongolian basket weavers: https://catbox.moe/", "excerpt": "This one is a favorite among Mongolian basket weavers: https://catbox.moe/", "context": "", "use_case": "Anonymous photo hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "UFO Release 1: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters"}, {"id": 752948256, "item_id": 47059266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059266", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-02-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend using https://catbox.moe/", "excerpt": "Imgur is banned on UK. I recommend using https://catbox.moe/ which can even use remote-links so pasting the imgur link in it can also work. https://files.catbox.moe/4dhvok.jpeg", "context": "UK user", "use_case": "image hosting", "switched_from": "Imgur", "story": "Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "Imustaskforhelp", "context": "UK user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059266", "date": "2026-02-18"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["anonymous photo hosting", "image hosting"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957688", "title": "Where the Goblins Came From", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276792", "title": "Gemini 4 Carbon", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062530", "title": "UFO Release 1: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47055979", "title": "Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804454594, "item_id": 50278412, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50278412", "by": "cubefox", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or your suggestion (Catbox)", "excerpt": "Thanks. Nobody should be using Imgur anymore. I would recommend ImgBB as alternative, or your suggestion (Catbox): https://imgbb.com/ https://catbox.moe/ Anyway, Imgur creates so many problems that it should be retired.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gemini 4 Carbon"}, {"id": 769053552, "item_id": 48065847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065847", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-05-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This one is a favorite among Mongolian basket weavers: https://catbox.moe/", "excerpt": "This one is a favorite among Mongolian basket weavers: https://catbox.moe/", "context": "", "use_case": "Anonymous photo hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "UFO Release 1: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters"}, {"id": 767478144, "item_id": 47967384, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967384", "by": "Barbing", "date": "2026-04-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "https://blog.catbox.moe/post/813932072453455872/happy-11th-birthday-catbox", "excerpt": "Thank you! Not necessarily related but this would\u2019ve been a big distraction: https://blog.catbox.moe/post/813932072453455872/happy-11th-birthday-catbox", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Where the Goblins Came From"}, {"id": 767475904, "item_id": 47967244, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967244", "by": "Barbing", "date": "2026-04-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Edit: bad actors spamming Catbox", "excerpt": "Hmm, sorry about that Expires in 2d: https://streamable.com/dkyvu8 Edit: bad actors spamming Catbox https://blog.catbox.moe/post/813932072453455872/happy-11th-birthday-catbox @Anthropic get your Claude under control: \u201cCatbox has been running for 11 years now, and for 9 of those years, growth was pretty linear. Traffic goes up, storage used goes up, support goes up. This is the \u201corganic\u201d nature of Catbox. 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