Facebook software engineer Matt Jones has taken to Reddit to apologize to users for accidentally blocking popular image hosting site Imgur while working to catch malicious URLs. The image below was posted by Redditer “AmericanDerp” and was upvoted 2,469 times with 663 comments in the past five hours.
While I have not been able to confirm with Facebook or Jones that he is indeed Reddit user “fisherrider,” Jones’ Twitter account is @fisherrider and he tweeted about the incident forty minutes ago.
Well, I guess that turned out OK after all. fb.me/1H4FDh7nc
— Matt (@fisherrider) July 17, 2012
Comments on the Reddit thread initially ranged from “this is how facebook dies” to more illustrative takes on the issue. However, once Jones posted his apology, users praised him for “PR done right.”
Fisher’s dog (the imgur link at the end of his post) righteously approves of the apology.
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Known as The Simple Image Sharer, Imgur provides a fast and easy service for sharing images with the Internet. The company offers free image hosting, paid Pro subscriptions, and a robust API. The site also features the Imgur Gallery, a real time collection of the most popular images being circulated on the Internet. Founder, Alan Schaaf, launched Imgur in February of 2009 when he was a Junior at Ohio University. The site immediately gained favor with users of social...
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