Comment on Will all my uploaded images be deleted once lemm.ee shuts down?
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoThe post will remain, but the image would be gone.
Let me give you an example. I’m gonna attach an image in this comment, I want you to see this comment, acknowledge seeing it, then I’ll go to my profile and delete the image without deleting this comment, and you can check what happens when I delete the image.
This is an image from Star Wars most epic scene. If you do not see the image, then I’ve deleted it
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 days ago
Okay!
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Okay so I found an older post which I deleted the image, take a look: sh.itjust.works/comment/18929187
If you click “view source” button below the comment, you’ll see the url, but if you open anothet tab to try to see it, it will show an error.
That’s what images will look like if an instance shuts down.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Hmm that’s weird. I deleted the image and I can still see it. Maybe bookmark the comment check back later, I don’t think the “delete” action is instantaneous.
Anyways, if you open the image, you’ll see that its hosted on sh.itjust.works, which means your instance does not keep a copy of it.
So I want you to think: What do you think happens to the image if, hypothetically, my instance sh.itjust.works shuts down?
When you open the image, your webpage is still gonna attempt to find the image from the url, and since sh.itjust.works is gone, there is no way for there to be an image.
But anyways you can check later and perhaps the delete action finishes.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 day ago
Hmm I’m still a bit unclear. Because wouldn’t deleting the image be different than just the instance going down? Because with a deletion you’re actually pushing through a deletion request for federation.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
When you are reading a text post/comment your request goes from:
Your Device --> eviltoast.org (your instance) send you the text --> You receive [eviltoast.org]'s copy of the text
When you see an image that goes from
Your Device --> eviltoast.org gives you the link to image --> Your Device receives the link, then sends a request to retreive image --> OP’s instance --> OP’s instance send back the image, and you see the image
Most instances do not keep a local copy of the image. I don’t think I know any instance that makes a local copy. Your instance certainly does not.