Imgurian

English Etymology From en Imgur ian. Noun en Internet A user of the image sharing app and website Imgur. en Jessica Guynn Imgur hopes selfie shows a Web giant w:Los Angeles Times 19 February 2014 B1 and B6 People who call themselves Imgurians upload, browse, vote and comment on images and animated clips called GIFS.By 2011 when [Alan] Schaaf and the team moved the company to San Francisco, Imgur had gone from being a place that hosted images to a hangout for a passionate community of Imgurians. en Super Social Media Stars w:Fast Company June 2016 57 https://archive.org/details/Fast_Company_-_June_2016_vk_com_stopthepress/page/n58/mode/1up [Sarah] Schaaf is often described as the queen of the “Imgurians,” as users call themselves, monitoring comments and enforcing community guidelines while “figuring out what is going to be the new joke or meme bubbling up,” she says. After noticing that community members were eager to meet up in person, she organized Camp Imgur last August in Mendocino, California, for 500 Imgurians. en Brent J. Hale “+1 for Imgur”: A content analysis of SIDE theory and common voice effects on a hierarchical bidirectionally-voted commenting system w:Computers in Human Behavior 77 12 July 2017 December 2017 220–229 10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.003 In an effort to elicit positive feedback (upvotes) from other Imgurians, commenters create normative comments which reinforce social identity. en People