Comment on Will all my uploaded images be deleted once lemm.ee shuts down?
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoHmm 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.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 day ago
Oh interesting. I would have thought there’s always a local copy. Thx for explaining.