Comment on How will we deal with all the broken images?

• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  no, I agree with the above user that it would be better to federate images too, for at least the following reasons:

  • redundancy: see the OP
  • privacy reasons: images loaded from other instances inform the other instance that one is viewing those images, do you trust all of them?
  • censorship reasons: some lemmy instances are blocked in my workplace and I can never look at images from them when browsing at work; others may be blocked in entire countries

  If I’m not mistaken, Mastodon already does federate images to other instances, so it isn’t unheard of.

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  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think they would need to find a way to address the problem first. Reportedly, these images have been a huge problem here on Lemmy. Several times now.

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    • Goten@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      i heard its a problem, but never saw any. (im not saying its a lie)

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      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Same, same. I can't verify it and I peobably don't want to. But I had people assure to me it happened.

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  • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mastodon purges them after a while though.

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