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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think New Reddit provides the Imgur URL and RES uses it to generate a preview in Old Reddit.

  Anyway, should Fediverse platform/app devs spend time trying to accomodate specific shitty platforms?

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    RES was around long before new Reddit and it does what it does based on what classic Reddit has in it, and what it gets itself. I don’t know much more detail than that, except that the devs basically lost interest in doing more than maintenance of it after the redesign came out.

    should Fediverse platform/app devs spend time trying to accomodate specific shitty platforms?

    That’s one way to look at it. I would pose it as

    should Fediverse platform/app devs spend time providing the best user experience to the users who are on their platforms?

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Imgur stands for image URL: they would let you upload images and provide you with a direct URL. The enshittification with all that JS and push for on-site social networking came after New Reddit and i.redd.it.

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