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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
Upload pictures locally

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AFAIK, pictures aren't duplicated among instances. When you upload a picture, it generates a link on your instance like https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/93df1acb-a898-46c9-bc07-d2b7467c345e.jpeg and that link is shared (copied) from instance to instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Edit: Thank you for jumping in!

What about LW, was it already the case in 0.19.3?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think it has to do with the technical way comments are handled.

When comments are sent from one instance to another, only their "markdown code" is transmitted. If you include an image in your comment, that becomes a line in markdown (which is text) that looks like this:

![](https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/93df1acb-a898-46c9-bc07-d2b7467c345e.jpeg)

So yes, this is not dependent on version; it's similar to how you have a <img src="..."> tag in HTML that only links to the image, instead of copying it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But then wait, proxying doesn't happen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting, thanks