Hello everyone,

Following this post, it seems that quite a few users can’t see catbox.moe pictures.

Catbox was my preferred option as they have a handy Firefox extension that allows to upload pictures with just a click, and get the link directly in the clipboard.

My understanding was also that by having the pictures on catbox, we avoided storing copies of pictures on every Lemmy instance. Is this still the case? I read a bit about proxying pictures (https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4035) and it seems like this is more related to keep all media required by an instance locally, to avoid broken links.

So long story short: what should be the recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy?

  1. Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
  2. Upload pictures locally
  • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I never considered the question, sharing the (rare) pictures I post using the Upload Image button.

    A few years ago I used this: https://postimages.org/
    It worked well but I have no idea how trustworthy it is?

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I was using postimages for a year or better but they’ve been having some issues (with their CDN based on the symptoms). I’ve been using local uploads for a couple months as a result.

        • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Thx for the info. I have not used them in maybe 2 years so I could not tell. They worked rel well back then.

          Edit: judging by the other comments, it looks like they fixed it ;)

        • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I stopped using them a couple months ago, so its fairly likely they’re fixed by now.

          The issue I was running into was that images I’d upload would take long enough for the first fetch that the browser would time out. Subsequent fetches by people in the same geographic area were fast, but folks far away would encounter that first super slow load. So if you’re not seeing that initial delay you’re probably good to go.