Hello everyone,
Following this post, it seems that quite a few users can’t see catbox.moe pictures.
Catbox was my preferred option as they have a handy Firefox extension that allows to upload pictures with just a click, and get the link directly in the clipboard.
My understanding was also that by having the pictures on catbox, we avoided storing copies of pictures on every Lemmy instance. Is this still the case? I read a bit about proxying pictures (https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4035) and it seems like this is more related to keep all media required by an instance locally, to avoid broken links.
So long story short: what should be the recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy?
- Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
- Upload pictures locally
Too small for me, personally. I love catbox, but it’s frustrating that many users can’t see its content. I even had to put a disclaimer in latins description as a warning on how to fix it.
I’ll look for image hosters then recommend them here.
Testing out postimages, a host specifically for forums
This is a test image, if anyone has problems with it comment please.
I don’t see an image, using Voyager.
I don’t see any links either.
I also use Voyager but I see the test image.
The plot thickens
Strange… [email protected] may i know what country/DNS you are using?Nevermind, i saw your other comment
I’m on Voyager 2.23.1 using android 15 if that helps
I am using Voyager v2.23.1 on GrapheneOS, and I see the image.
Do you have any kind of ad blocking or other content filtering extensions you can think of that could be affecting your ability to view the image? Or anything at the router level?
EDIT: The only other thing I can think of is that you and I are on different Lemmy instances. 🤷🏻♂️
Do you see this? https://i.postimg.cc/05H92qJj/me-in-real-life.jpg
Only if I follow the link. It took a long time to load. Might have been my 4G.
Edit: after visiting the link then returning, the preview image appeared ok.
Interesting, thanks
embed the image link by using exclamation point then square brackets then the link inside parentheses
I only see the link until I click in the link. then when it takes forever to load and I give up and come back, there’s a small thumbnail now next to the link
Which client?
Voyager on iPhone with embed images setting set to on
Odd, but i guess that checks it off. I will look for more.
Image visible.
Just the Lemmy website, iOS
Image seems to embed properly in Thunder on Android.
I have a problem with cancer crows. Love the image!
It’s the hardest image i have in my library. He’s chill af
Looks cool! https://postimages.org/
No browser extension though
Unfortunately i think that’s how it’ll have to be. The best alternative would be a fast way to upload.
I have found alternatives yet none of them have extensions :/
Okay, thanks for investigating! Postimages is more direct to upload pictures, so I might use that in the future
Works: Firefox on Windows PC.
Thanks! If there would be an image hoster with an extension that would be great, I just tried using imgbb for a few posts, and it’s just much more cumbersome unfortunately