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View submission: The history of the /r/xkcd kerfuffle.
Imgur links, instead of direct links, are heavily frowned upon (if not disallowed) in /r/xkcd. The main point of redirecting /r/xkcd users is to raise awareness for those who haven't yet noticed there is an issue. This is a bit of a problem for the casual users, since there is no way of finding out what's going on unless you happen to stumble upon the story outside of that sub. Awareness will be gained even if the mod suddenly switches to imgur links only, since most users will wonder why they suddenly stop getting linked to xkcd.com and promote more discussion.
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