COMMUNITY RULES

Imgur welcomes a diverse audience. We don't want to create a bad experience for someone that might stumble across explicit images, so some lascivious or sexualized posts are not allowed. This includes images containing the explicit display of breasts, butts, and sexual organs intended to stimulate erotic feelings, full or partial nudity, any depiction of sexual activity, and some images of female nipples. Other posts that might be taken down include see-thru clothing, exposed or clearly defined genitalia, butts in thongs, gratuitous T&A (close-ups, upskirts, strip teases, cam shows, etc.), semen and sexual acts. Any image taken of or from someone without their knowledge or consent for the purpose of sexualization (sometimes called “creepshots”) are also not allowed, nor are solicitations. Sexually explicit comments that don't include images may also be removed.

Artistic, scientific or educational nude images are okay here. We don't try to define art or judge the artistic merit of a particular image. Instead, we focus on what might make images too explicit for the general community and will err on the side of taking something down.

Any content found to be sexualizing or exploiting minors will be removed and, if necessary, reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Examples:

The nudity in this art isn't explicit, so it's ok.

Breastfeeding isn't explicit, so it's ok.

This buttcrack isn't intended to stimulate erotic feelings, so it's ok.

Mature content may include content that is suggestive or provocative. Examples may include provocative jokes or stories, mild violence, mild injuries or blood, or scantily-clad women or men.

Still no sexually explicit content, even if it's marked as mature (please see the rule above).

Please respect the Imgur community. Not everyone wants to see mature content, but if you do, please enable the "show mature posts and comments" option in your account settings, and mark mature content you're posting as such on the Share With The Community page. Suggestive posts, including links found in comments, that are not marked as such will be recategorized as mature content when reported.

Examples:

In general, blood and injuries may not be appropriate for a general audience, so should be marked mature.

This diglett fan art is suggestive, so should be marked mature.

In general, non-explicit depictions of festishes should be marked mature.

Imgur is open to anyone, so we take down hate speech and abusive content when we see it. This includes attacks on people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or medical condition. For example, it's not okay to post malicious comments about a group of people solely based on their nationality, but it's generally okay to criticize a nation. Glorifying or endorsing hateful content or ideologies is never allowed on Imgur, so we may remove racial slurs, hate-based threats, and glorification of abuse.

It's important to keep in mind that not everything that's mean or insulting is hate speech. That said, the line between unintentional and serious attacks is sometimes difficult to identify, so we're likely to err on the side of taking something down.

Additionally, harassment in the forms of witch hunting, repetitive unwanted or obsessive attention, aggressive intimidation, suicide requests and threatening are not tolerated.

This includes abuse in usernames, as well as images and comments.

Examples:

The context of this swastika is historical, not hateful, so it's ok.

In general, comments on public figures are ok.

Comments on race in current events aren't inhernetly racist, so this meme is ok.

This includes, but is not limited to child abuse and exploitation, rape, and domestic abuse. You may not post content that is intended to incite others to commit violence, mocks victims of violence, or includes a direct and specific threat of violence to others. Fraudulent or deceptive content will be removed, as will claims of false impersonation.

Examples:

Non-explicit images that document or memorialize historic events are ok.

Drugs are illegal, but images of drugs are not.

Stalking is illegal, but jokes mentioning it are not, so this is ok.

Don't post gore just to be shocking. Don't showcase the mutilation or torture of human beings, animals, or their remains. Gore may include the depiction of vivid and realistic acts of violence and brutality.

We don't consider animal nature to be gore, so this is ok.

In general, special effects aren't considered realistic violence, so this is ok.

To protect the safety of private individuals, we don't allow anything that reveals other people's personally identifiable information. This includes, but is not limited to, phone numbers, home addresses, employment information, email addresses, and links to personal social media accounts of non-public figures without the consent of the original party.

We value authentic and interesting content, so we do not welcome clickbait, non-approved advertisements, spoilers for the purpose of trolling, rapid-fire posting for points, scripts or bots, or anything else that someone might consider spammy. Self-promotion on Imgur is okay, but spamming is not.

Examples:

This OP is providing value by showing Imgur something cool about their business, so it's not spam.

Self-promoting one's own art or talent is not spam, so this is ok.

imgur.com/tos

Considering these tips when sharing with the Imgur community will help ensure you're contributing great content.

• Value
  • Good sharing means posting content which brings value to the community. Content which opens up a discussion, shares something new and unique, or has a deeper story to tell beyond the image itself is content that generally brings value. Ask yourself first: is this something I would be interested in seeing on Imgur if someone else posted it?
• Transparency
  • Imgurians expect that the original poster (OP) will be explicit about if and how they are connected to the content they are posting. Trying to hide that relationship, or not explaining it well to others, is a common feature of bad sharing.
• Respect
  • Good sharing means knowing when the Imgur community has spoken through upvotes and downvotes and respecting that. You should avoid constantly reposting content to User Submitted that gets downvoted. This kind of spamming annoys the community, and it won't make your posts any more popular.

If you aren't sure if your post fits the rules, please don't post it. Just because you've seen a rule-breaking image posted somewhere else on Imgur doesn't mean it's okay for you to repost it.