So now that Lemmy and the community overall are getting a lot of attention, with /c/memes being one of the biggest communities across instances, I think we should be a bit more strict about certain things.
I’d like your opinion, though. What do you think about a rule about only allowing images, and that such images need to be uploaded to Lemmy instead of linking to something like Imgur. I think that text and videos are a better fit for some other community (at least until we get something where we are able to play videos within Lemmy).
Semmelstulle ( @Semmelstulle@kbin.social ) 4•1 year agoI agree with all of this, as long as video will be allowed once there is a useable player for it.
usernamesAreTricky ( @usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year agoNot sure if this is still the case, but I remember reading earlier that processing uploaded images was using some of the most resources on lemmy.ml’s servers at one point. Given the strain and load on the server already, I don’t think it would be a good idea to put even more on it by requiring images be uploaded directly
I’m neutral about only images and no videos part
SubArcticTundra ( @SubArcticTundra@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoOut of all image content, memes are hurt the least if they get downscaled to 400x400
The saucest tof ( @TofuSauce@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoi think it’d be a good thing
Aninjanameddaryll ( @Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year agoUnless you’re hosting the storage, it would be wise to contact whoever does host your instance and make sure they don’t have a problem with mandating direct uploads.
But, on this end, it isn’t necessary. It’s easy enough to click through if it doesn’t show directly.
Arthur Besse ( @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year agonote that when a user pastes an image on lemmy, it gets hosted on the user’s home instance - not to the home instance of the community where they pasted it.
Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year agoInstead of Imgur, a good and private alternative, I think cceptable for Lemmy, is vgy.me, I use it in ShareX as image sharing. I prefer an extern host, I think it’s better for the one which put the Lemmy server to host the images. https://vgy.me