[uberman]

How does this service distinguish itself from any of the other image placeholder services out there?

[dmarby]

There are plenty of other good options indeed. I created it in 2014 since I wanted a service that would give me nice looking pictures, rather than just coloured boxes or similar, for placeholders, there's not anything else to it.

[amanzi]

I haven't seen any other image placeholder services that look similar to this. Can you share some examples?

[throwaway2016a]

My favorite is PlaceKitten I've been using it for a decade. Though it sounds like this one is equally old:

http://www.ecologytheme.com/top-10-image-placeholder-service...

There are literally dozens of them.

[acomjean]

https://www.fillmurray.com/

Bill Murray filler. It does go down occationally.

[PavlovsCat]

http://lorempixel.com/

It's pretty old, too.

https://www.awwwards.com/sites/lorempixum

[blotter_paper]

At the top of the lorempixel page it says they used to be lorempixum.

[PavlovsCat]

Yes, I know that. First link is the service, second is the award they won in 2008.

[blotter_paper]

I was noting it for the interest of the general reader, since the incredibly similar "Lorem Picsum" is garnering so much praise in this comments section.