Imgurianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Imgurian (複数形 Imgurians)

1. (Internet) A user of the image sharing app and website Imgur.
   • 2014 February 19, Jessica Guynn, “Imgur hopes selfie shows a Web giant”, in Los Angeles Times, pages 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.

   • 2016 June, “Super Social Media Stars”, in Fast Company, page 57:

     [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.

   • 2017 July 12, Brent J. Hale, ““+1 for Imgur”: A content analysis of SIDE theory and common voice effects on a hierarchical bidirectionally-voted commenting system”, in Computers in Human Behavior, volume 77, published December 2017, DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.003, pages 220–229:

     In an effort to elicit positive feedback (upvotes) from other Imgurians, commenters create normative comments which reinforce social identity.