I’ve noticed that on Lemmy there aren’t really any videos/gifs as I scroll. I just see post titles, links, or images.

Is there a reason videos and gifs aren’t showing up on my feed?

  • hitagiEnglish
    47•2 years ago

    GIFs work. At least in the comments they do. Videos can be (somewhat) embedded if you use an external host (i.e. catbox).

    GIF sample:

    • @sorenantEnglish
      32•2 years ago

      I’m a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments, is there a way to block it like I did with RES on Reddit?

      • @ThatGirlKylieEnglish
        6•2 years ago

        Using wefwef at the moment (Apollo inspired) you can use it on android desktop and iPhone as it is a webapp and they show up as a link for me that I can then click and doesn’t embed it or inline it.

      • hitagiEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        I’m not aware of an option like that but that sounds like a good feature.

      • dismalnow
        3•2 years ago

        I’m a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments

        I’ve waffled on this issue over the last 25 years, but agree that the option to show/block should still exist.

        First I was against it.

        • Mostly because it was change - cluttering my once pristine BBSs

        Then I enjoyed it.

        • Because it added some liveliness to the threads I read, and because I was in a smaller collective of folks that knew how to do it without being annoying.

        Then I was against it again.

        • Because the forums/boards because overstuffed with people shitposting ONLY animated gifs.
    • @klynno64English
      10•2 years ago

      It’s not a gif for me, just a still image.

    • @klynno64English
      3•2 years ago

      It’s not a gif for me, just a still image.

    • ThrowawayOnLemmyEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      I dunno what it is with catbox but nothing from there ever loads for me.

      • hitagiEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        Catbox has a FAQ and lists connectivity issues in certain countries like Australia, Ireland/UK, Iran, Afghanistan or users of Comcast and Quad9.

      • lontong
        1•2 years ago

        They block some countries. I’m in Indonesia and I can’t open catbox too without using VPN.

    • @klynno64English
      0•2 years ago

      It’s not a gif for me, just a still image.

    • @klynno64English
      -1•2 years ago

      It’s not a gif for me, just a still image.

    • @klynno64English
      -1•2 years ago

      It’s not a gif for me, just a still image.

    • NotAPenguin
      -14•2 years ago

      When people say “gifs” nowadays they don’t mean actual .gif files, .gif files are very outdated and barely used at this point.

      Gif has just become the term for short videos without sound

      • hitagiEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        I think actual .GIF files are still used but oftentimes they’re just converted to .WEBM’s without sound.