Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now

mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do, that’s the only one I can remember which I can embed easily here.

  What are the alternatives? I wish I could just upload images for comments in PieFed.

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  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Catbox is basically what Imgur used to be before it went to absolute shit. You upload images, you can link to them. That’s it. You don’t need to create an account, but if you do, you can see everything you’ve uploaded. It’s free. Not really sure what more you can ask for in an image host.

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    • Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you just browse other peoples uploads on there looking for funny pics and memes?

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      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nope! It’s an image host, not a social media platform, which in my opinion is the best thing about it.

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      • TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Asking the important questions. I need the shitposting, not just the image hosting.

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    • RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Catbox is also nonfunctional on some VPNs.

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      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Didn’t know that! I use an always-on VPN and I’ve never had issues with Catbox (but imgur blocks me), for what it’s worth.

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    • aeiou@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Catbox doesn’t work properly on some US mobile carriers, returns a DNS error

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I just loaded it through a Comcast connection, so it’s definitely not an IP block or route issue. I don’t use Comcast’s dns though and I’m completely unwilling to do so even for test purposes so you could still be right.

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just upload directly to the instance, at least that’s what I think I’m doing. My app lets me do that (Boost).

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    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m on boost too. Let’s find out, here’s a picture uploaded using the built in function. Image

      Well I’ll be darned, I thought it was using imgur, but I guess it’s straight to the instance. Neat.

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  • gigachad@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wdym? Can’t you see this image I am just embedding on the fly rn?

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    • jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can see it, But in PieFed I can’t upload one.

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      • gigachad@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Interesting, I am using the voyager mobile app. Does that mean the functionality is there but the PieFed frontend hasn’t integrated it?

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  • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m using Boost for Lemmy and I never questioned how it works, but I can just add images here straight from my gallery.

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    • jeena@piefed.jeena.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You are on Lemmy, I’m on PieFed

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      • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It doesn’t matter, it’s a clone with same functionality. There are users below uploading the same way I did and it uploads on their instance (piefed).

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It sounds like the platform of choice for talking shit about the UK these days.

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• FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Until this I used it as my daily meme scroller

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