ICYMI January 2022: Issue #015

Howdy, Imgurians! Welcome to 2022.

We’re back with another edition of In Case You Missed It, our monthly retrospective look at the happenings in the Imgur Community. As always, we’ll cover a few community moments you may have missed, updates on bugs you’ve reported, and any new features that may have launched.

Let’s get started

*Secret Santa*

All we wanted for Christmas was a successful Imgur Secret Santa, and our cookie-eating bearded friend delivered! 100% of Santas who requested backup matches received one. To boot, the rate of gifting was higher than any year before it — 95% of participants were sent a gift.

With tens of thousands of participants from over 120 countries across the globe tasked to spread joy to others, we saw some absolutely amazing feats. From Imgurians showing off their wrapping skills, to a cross-stitch that sums up the past couple of years, fantastic hand crafted gifts, and gifts that take you on a journey, you all helped us close out the year on a high note.

Good tidings to everyone who participated this year. You’re the reason for the season. We’ll see you next holiday!

*Clean Your Desk*

What better way to usher in a year of productivity (and play) than to brush off your battle station? Sometimes you just need a little push to get yourself in gear. Thousands of Imgurians from around the world lent their upvotes or shared their workstations with pride on Clean Your Desk Day. From neon-filled game rooms to pristinely cleaned garage workbenches and everything in between, the Imgur community did not disappoint.

Check out all of the amazing workspaces by visiting the #Clean_Your_Desk tag.

*Art Crawl*

The annual Art Crawl took place this January this year and gave us an artisanal start to our 2022. With over 4,000 submissions, it’s safe to say that the artists of Imgur came out to play! From beautiful designs burned into wood, to life-sized giraffe sculptures made from metal, there was no shortage of creativity for the Art Crawl.

Tens of millions of Imgurians roamed the halls of our digital art gallery this year to take in the sights and sounds on display. Unsurprisingly, the Art Crawl was the most viewed topic in January and saw a substantial number of visitors. In just 1 week, the Imgur Art Crawl had more visitors than the top 5 art museums in the world had in 1 year; combined. Now that’s some serious love for the arts!

Our 3 judges had the herculean task of picking 3 pieces to win a grand prize. After an intense week of adjudication, their winners were selected. Congratulations to @Pixus, @BigRedSharks, and @Nazoragoth for securing the top spots. In addition to the grand prize, 6 additional pieces were chosen to secure a second prize. Check out more from the Art Crawl, and see what the runners-up had in store for us!

Spot the Imgur stickers

*National Sticker Day*

Okay, we admit this is an unconventional holiday. We still celebrated it nonetheless! On this special day, we awarded free Imgur stickers to a handful of lucky Imgurians. To win, all you needed to do was share a photo of the spot you’d put them in the event you won. That’s it!

Imgurian PaulDeGraaf promised to put a sticker on a local landmark if he received some, and we are happy to report he did exactly that. Imgur has made its mark abroad! We’ll be adding this holiday to our annual calendar, so if you want an easy way to snag yourself some free stickers, make a post on National Sticker Day!

Stop by the #ImgurStickers tag to see all the fun places people chose to put their stickers.

We are doing this!

*Betty White*

One day before the new year, the world lost Betty White. Being internet royalty, her loss was felt everywhere online. Here at home on Imgur, thousands of Imgurians made posts mourning the star, and millions more migrated to Betty White themed tags and content in the days following her death. Determined to honor her legacy, a dedicated group of Imgurians decided to create what came to be the “Betty White Challenge.” The goal was to raise money for local animal shelters on what would be Betty’s 100th birthday. Nearly 200,000 upvotes were awarded to posts like the one above from Imgurian ArtSparkle, and thousands of dollars were donated in Betty’s name. It’s clear that Betty White’s legacy will live on.

Look back on your favorite moments from her career by visiting the #Betty_White tag.

Help for the Navajo Nation

*Navajo Nation*

Imgurian magsmartigan caught wind of a worthy cause from a friend and took to user sub to ask for assistance in supporting it. A couple in the Navajo Nation was forced to live in their car after their home fell into disrepair, and needed help to bring it back to a liveable state. No strangers to helping those in need, Imgurians lept into action and helped the couple purchase supplies to patch up their home. With our assistance, the goal of $500 was surpassed nearly 8 times over. Great work, Imgurians!

Learn more in the full post.

Help doggos in need (no money needed, 9 hours left)!

*Kibble For Clicks*

Imgurian l3pricon works very closely with the staff of their local animal shelter. Well, that shelter was in desperate need of food to feed the animals in their care. After a few heartful requests for help in user sub, the Imgur community came out in droves to provide their support.

This campaign was unique in that it didn’t require a monetary donation to help. While you could absolutely donate monetarily, you could still help simply by clicking to show support. For every click, a small donation toward the goal was made. With Imgurian assistance, the goal of 2,400kg of dry food was met, and 64 animals were saved from starvation.

Learn more about how you can help here.

Nothing to worry about

*Crabs?*

Earlier this month, Imgur caught a case of crabs. We’re not sure where it started, but Imgurian onlycrabs is assumed to be the originator. In a single day, the crab tag saw a 1,000x increase in viewership. TheBlueMorpho capitalized on the craze, and created this wonderful OC edit to the praise of their peers. We’ve since recovered from our animal affliction, but it was fun to see the shells have their day in the sun. What do you think the next random trend will be? Maybe YOU will be the one to start it!

Look back on all the crabby content from this month on the #crab tag.

*Bug Fixes, and Known Issues*

You’ve made it to the end! Before you go, we’ll go over the currently known bugs on Imgur, and share updates on bug fixes we’ve made.

We’ve recently released app updates for both iOS and Android, be sure to update to get your hands on the below changes!

Android:
– Tap “…” on any comment and select “Comment Analytics” to see the upvotes and downvotes it has received
– The addition of a “Report Reason” text area when reporting posts or comments. Want to share a little more info on your report? Write it in this optional area before submitting
– Our new emotional health resource page and Imgur’s store have now been added to the settings menu

iOS:
– Updates to the image lightbox (when you expand an image from within a post). The image number is now displayed, you can favorite the image, and you can tap to comment. You also have the freedom to swipe to navigate through the post. No more interrupting your dumps!
– Our new emotional health resource page and Imgur’s store have now been added to the settings menu

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The following known bugs are on our radar and are currently being worked on:
– Some users are being scrolled up when expanding comments on Android
– Some Android users report tapping on a post thumbnail opens a different post
– When creating a post with a description on Android, scroll is not always enabled

A comprehensive list of known issues can be found on our help site.

Lastly, in January we experienced ads automatically playing audio on the Android app. These ads are strictly prohibited per Imgur’s advertising policy, and we are working hard to prevent these from appearing. If you experience audio automatically playing as you browse, any information you can share with us such as screenshots or a description of the audio that may have played would be fantastic.

If you ever experience something that doesn’t seem right, be it a bad ad or a bug, you can contact us here. Imgurians who report new bugs will earn the Bug Hunter and also receive a free month of Imgur Emerald!