This is a browser issue. It actually sounds like you may be using incognito mode where it doesn't save any of the links you click.

Try testing it on a different browser.

I'm really sorry about that. Imgur has no control over the ads that are on the site -- at all. We work with several different ad networks, and even though I've repeatedly told them not to serve sound ads, some slip through anyway.

Could you help me track it down? What page did you see it on? Also, where are you located?

Thanks for letting me know. It's been fixed.

Hey! I've already done two AMAs, so I'm not sure if a third would even be very interesting since almost everything has been covered before.

In regards to your question, you might be giving me too much credit :) Imgur was a project I was working on in my spare time while I was an undergrad. I picked an image host because, at the time, reddit was having a lot of trouble posting images -- they'd always get taken down and replaced with a yellow frog or a "upgrade to pro" message. When I released it on reddit, I really had no plans for it, but it very quickly grew into something huge. About 6 months later, Imgur LLC was officially created and has since become my full time job.

Hey, just letting you know that I've released a new feature to allow you to easily go back and look at older images. Next to the "hot, top and new" links you'll see one called "past".

Hey, just letting you know that I've released a new feature to allow you to easily go back and look at older images. Next to the "hot, top and new" links you'll see one called "past".

Ok, I finally figured it out (for real this time). Try it out and let me know if you run into any more issues.