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Are there any plans to add attachments to Lemmy, as in not just image attachments/uploads? (self.lemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PCChipsM922U to c/[email protected]

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This platform could be a viable alternative for forums (cuz we know in which state they currently are), but the lack of general attachments (any mime/file type) is what I believe stands in the way. I have an electronics forum I run (a local one, nothing too serious) and I believe Lemmy can make it more intereactive (not die out) because people from all over the world will get the feed and not just people that are online on the forum at that time.

Still, we frequently exchange PDFs, schematics (not always in image form), archives, etc., which makes Lemmy useless if there are no plans to implement something like this, even if disabled by default.

So, are there plans for anything like this being implemented?

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[–] IdiosyncraticIdiot 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Federated file share exists. Lemmy is, at its core, a link aggregator. Not disagreeing that it would be cool, but would be a lot of work.

https://owncloud.com/federated-cloud-sharing/

https://docs.nextcloud.com

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'm not sure if we need file sharing to be federated. Just put up a link somewhere and let people download.

Or use torrents (with web seeds should no other seeders be around) if the files are gigantic enough