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Alright, so what is the current recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy? (feddit.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Blaze@feddit.org to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
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Hello everyone,

Following this post, it seems that quite a few users can't see catbox.moe pictures.

Catbox was my preferred option as they have a handy Firefox extension that allows to upload pictures with just a click, and get the link directly in the clipboard.

My understanding was also that by having the pictures on catbox, we avoided storing copies of pictures on every Lemmy instance. Is this still the case? I read a bit about proxying pictures (https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4035) and it seems like this is more related to keep all media required by an instance locally, to avoid broken links.

So long story short: what should be the recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy?

  1. Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
  2. Upload pictures locally
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[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, misread that. That could be an option, but then will that picture still be replicated to all the Lemmy instances? Curiously, nobody touched on that point yet ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It might not propagate to instances which disable image uploads, as we found with diagonlemmy.

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good point. Also a reminder to post there!

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the reminder!