It sounds like the platform of choice for talking shit about the UK these days.
Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
People still use imgur?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
FishFace@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Until this I used it as my daily meme scroller
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.
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.
Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org 2 months ago
Can you just browse other peoples uploads on there looking for funny pics and memes?
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.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Asking the important questions. I need the shitposting, not just the image hosting.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 months ago
Catbox is also nonfunctional on some VPNs.
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.
aeiou@piefed.social 2 months ago
Catbox doesn’t work properly on some US mobile carriers, returns a DNS error
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.
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).
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.
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?
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
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).