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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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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

From a browser image: Right-click an image and click Copy Image on the popup. In the lemmy comment editor press ctrl-V or right-click and click Paste. Lemmy uploads the image and constructs an inline link to it.

From an image file: In the Lemmy comment editor click the Upload Image button and select an image file.

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[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The weird thing about your catbox posts is that at one point in time I was clearly able to see them. I remember those Pokémon posts you made in !pokemon@lemm.ee and even commenting on them. But now I cannot see them.

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[–] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pinging @JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee as you opened a similar thread a few days ago

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use Lensdump - I see you can now upload video too.

Catbox is a weird one - I could see images but not video or the main page through Wi-Fi but it works on mobile signal. After getting my phone repaired it now all works. Which I can't explain.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

After getting my phone repaired it now all works.

That's wild ha ha

Lensdump looks cool, but requires an account, correct?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And a donation to create an account fyi. I’m fine w donating to good projects just letting know

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think I donated to get one as I wanted to test it before committing. Might have changed though.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

That’s wild ha ha

Especially as it as just a screen replacement.

Lensdump looks cool, but requires an account, correct?

Yes, but it is handy to have as you can access all your old files in folders. You nay just want to bang an image up somewhere and share it but there are memes and gifs you may use multiple times.

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