Lemmy's Image Problem
wedistribute.org
The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  •  Venia Silente   ( @veniasilente@lemm.ee ) English
    3•4 months ago

    It also means the content is “lost” from all instances if the original server goes down, which altogether with the need to cache the key to continue to provide the service basically means you’ve just implemented DRM on top of Fedi.

    •  eveninghere   ( @eveninghere@beehaw.org ) 
      1•4 months ago

      And that’s fine. If one instance has to be able to delete one revenge child porn from all the instances, it has to be what you call a DRM. Also, don’t cache the key because that’s exactly the opposite of what this is meant for.