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?

  1. Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
  2. Upload pictures locally
  • @I_Miss_Daniel
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    523 hours ago

    I don’t see an image, using Voyager.

    I don’t see any links either.

    • CubitOom
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      521 hours ago

      I also use Voyager but I see the test image.

        • CubitOom
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          320 hours ago

          I’m on Voyager 2.23.1 using android 15 if that helps

          • @[email protected]
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            15 hours ago

            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. 🤷🏻‍♂️

      • @I_Miss_Daniel
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        22 hours ago

        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.

      • @[email protected]
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        20 hours ago

        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

    • fxomt
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      123 hours ago

      Odd, but i guess that checks it off. I will look for more.