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Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) (wedistribute.org)
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Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've reviewed both your and @Nutomic's comments, your latest blog updates, and GitHub PR's, and added a section accordingly: https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/lemmy-image-problem/#giving-credit

Thank you for your hard work, and for taking necessary steps to improve something that is essential for instance operators.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Thanks that is a bit better. Unfortunately people who have already read the article wont see the update, and even people who read it now may not read all the way to the end, and still leave with a negative impression. Still its better than nothing.

To get an idea how most Lemmy users feel, have a look at this thread. Practically every comment is positive about Lemmy, you can hardly find any negative sentiment. And certainly no one cares about this image deletion issue, which proves that the complaints of a few individuals are completely blown out of proportion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

As a user, I love lemmy, and I want to thank you and the other devs that work tirelessly to develop it.

Also as a user I value the ability to manage my data, and hope to see image deletion implemented when you’re able to do so.

After having read the Nightmare piece, my decision was to stop posting images directly to lemmy. To share images, I’m going to self host an Imgur like service so if I do want to delete an image, I can.

I’m not a developer, and can’t contribute code to address the problem, but, at least for myself, I’ve got a solution I can implement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

To chime in: Yes, people are positive about Lemmy. I like Lemmy, people like Lemmy. And Lemmy users in general want to see activity at Lemmy. Who wouldnt? That's kind of a given... but still I want Lemmy to continue to evolve in functionality. That doesnt contradict itself?

And if someone points out that certain things arent technically possible at the moment, I as a user would expect that this isnt considered a "complaint" or a "negative sentiment".

Especially when it's a functionality that might have legal implications. Does "no one care" about that because people think it's unnecessary? Or because they have never noticed before that this isnt possible? The GDPR is not a joke, and foss does not have an exemption clause for adhering to it. Additionally a lot of people on Lemmy are very privacy-conscious.

Therefore I think it's great that this issue has been brought up now and you guys are working on a fix for that. Thanks for all of your work on this project, it's really appreciated.