stack.imgur.com was created to avoid link rotting of images.

Images not uploaded with an Imgur Pro account may be kept for only at least six months unless there is one view of that image per six months.

Inferring from the Stack Exchange blog and Imgur's upgrade page,

• images at i.stack.imgur.com should be kept forever regardless of views while
• images at i.imgur.com that were not uploaded with a pro account may be deleted due to inactivity.

This means that anyone can upload to stack.imgur.com through the button (CtrlG) and keep images there forever unless they are reported or discovered to be unconnected to Stack Exchange and deleted.

My questions are:

1. Is this behavior expected?
2. Does it not matter to Stack Exchange and Imgur?
3. Is there already an active process keeping irrelevant i.stack.imgur.com images out of Imgur?

stack.imgur.com was created to avoid link rotting of images.

Images not uploaded with an Imgur Pro account may be kept for only at least six months unless there is one view of that image per six months.

Inferring from the Stack Exchange blog and Imgur's upgrade page,

• images at i.stack.imgur.com should be kept forever regardless of views while
• images at i.imgur.com that were not uploaded with a pro account may be deleted due to inactivity.

This means that anyone can upload to stack.imgur.com through the button (CtrlG) and keep images there forever unless they are reported or discovered to be unconnected to Stack Exchange and deleted.

My questions are:

1. Is this behavior expected?
2. Does it not matter to Stack Exchange and Imgur?
3. Is there already an active process keeping irrelevant i.stack.imgur.com images out of Imgur?

stack.imgur.com was created to avoid link rotting of images.

Images not uploaded with an Imgur Pro account may be kept for only at least six months unless there is one view of that image per six months.

Inferring from the Stack Exchange blog and Imgur's upgrade page,

• images at i.stack.imgur.com should be kept forever regardless of views while
• images at i.imgur.com that were not uploaded with a pro account may be deleted due to inactivity.

This means that anyone can upload to stack.imgur.com through the button (CtrlG) and keep images there forever unless they are reported or discovered to be unconnected to Stack Exchange and deleted.

My questions are:

1. Is this behavior expected?
2. Does it not matter to Stack Exchange and Imgur?
3. Is there already an active process keeping irrelevant i.stack.imgur.com images out of Imgur?

stack.imgur.com was created to avoid link rotting of images.

Images not uploaded with an Imgur Pro account may be kept for only at least six months unless there is one view of that image per six months.

Inferring from the Stack Exchange blog and Imgur's upgrade page,

• images at i.stack.imgur.com should be kept forever regardless of views while
• images at i.imgur.com that were not uploaded with a pro account may be deleted due to inactivity.

This means that anyone can upload to stack.imgur.com through the button (CtrlG) and keep images there forever unless they are reported or discovered to be unconnected to Stack Exchange and deleted.

My questions are:

1. Is this behavior expected?
2. Does it not matter to Stack Exchange and Imgur?
3. Is there already an active process keeping irrelevant i.stack.imgur.com images out of Imgur?