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Recode Decode: How Imgur avoids the ugliness of social media
Episode 315

Recode Decode: How Imgur avoids the ugliness of social media

Decoder with Nilay Patel · The Verge

December 26, 201848m 53s

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Show Notes

Imgur CEO Alan Schaaf talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about starting the image-sharing site and moderating its content. In this episode: (00:59) Schaaf's background; (03:18) Launching Imgur; (07:56) Imgur's early business plan; (15:34) Where online images are going (and how to pronounce "gif"); (21:37) Famous memes and how entertainment is changing; (30:19) The ugliness of social media; (38:09) Why other social platforms don't moderate their content like Imgur does

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