Self Proclaimed Internet user and Administrator of Reddthat

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: June 6th, 2023
  • TifftoFedigrow@lemm.ee•Alright, so what is the current recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy?English
    4•3 months ago

    Lemmy is still saving thumbnails and (previously) sometimes the whole image! The majority of image issues have been cleared up in my opinion and it works very well. Nearly all of our hosts allow hotlinking as it’s basically required for our use cases.

    Lemmy also knows when the image is another Lemmy instance (through “magic”, or just cross posting). So if you upload once and then use that same link on all other posts then that would still be the same.

    The problem I think you have is your usecase also includes posting externally to Lemmy. & to some extent, you don’t want those images tied to your Lemmy account. If my users post via my instance then they are welcome to also hotlink the images externally. This is only possible because Reddthat uses a CDN and caches the images as much as possible.

    Even if we didn’t use a cdn there are plenty of VPS’ and proxy software that we could use which would transparently function in the same way. You could even setup your own VPS, some image hosting software like https://chibisafe.moe/ or https://github.com/nokonoko/Uguu or https://github.com/hauxir/imgpush

    To sum up:

    • post once to Lemmy instance and then use that image everywhere
    • use a random image host that allows hotlinking to do the same
    • get your own VPS, setup an image upload and use that (and maybe get a domain too!)

    The 3rd option you can do completely anonymously via crypto.

  • TifftoMemes @ Reddthat@reddthat.com•When someone tries to downvote me on Reddthat
    6•1 year ago

    The downvotes you can see (on this post) are from accounts on your instance then. As this post is semi inflammatory it is highly likely to have garnered some downvotes.

    Edit: I guess I was wrong regarding the logic of how downvotes work when we block them. As the http request (used too?) return an error when responding to a downvote. I’ll have to look at it again. As the only way it was/is 15, is if:

    • we kept track of downvotes and sent out the activities notification
    • your instance got the notifications from other instances about our post, (which is not how Lemmy works unless I’m seriously misunderstanding it.)
  • TifftoAbandonedPorn@reddthat.com•Abandoned railway station in Georgia’s breakaway region of AbkhaziaEnglish
    4•2 years ago

    Hello,

    Please see the rules of reddthat here: https://reddthat.com/post/9701

    No racism or other discrimination No endorsement of hate speech

    As such you have broken our rules, specifically being racist. You have remained civil and I thank-you for that. Normally I would have banned the account in question by now, but have decided not too unless others end up reporting your comments, but I see that as unlikely as this has become a worthwhile discussion.

    What has your post in the community abandonedporn got to do with this? Nothing. This is an offtopic conversation which you started off with zero context. And text with zero context can be read with a myriad of inflections even when the best intentions are meant.
    If you started off saying you knew the area, or lived down the road, that may have some credibility and then tied into your current feelings about the issue then we wouldn’t have had a problem if you said it in a way that acknowledged it was your own opinion. Like how you have now is amazing, I wish all comments were as thoughtful as this. But you chose to originally post in a community that has next to nothing to do with Russia to voice your opinion on your dislike.

    Hatred towards any country is not welcome on Reddthat. I understand your feelings and they are worth while.

    I look forward to seeing you in a different community, maybe a political community to have a discussion.

    Thankyou

    Reddthat Admin Team