irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Meta (lemm.ee)@lemm.eeEnglish · 29 days agoJust a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareJust a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break.irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Meta (lemm.ee)@lemm.eeEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCricket [he/him]@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoWhat do you mean? Don’t instances keep a local copy of images from other instances?
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoNot most, they do keep tiny thumbnails though. Servers can: Proxy images Save them locally just link to them. Most do the latter as its cheaper.
minus-squareCricket [he/him]@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoInteresting, thanks! I did not realize that. What do you mean to edit your top posts to an archived version?
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoI sorted by top of all time on my profile, uploaded the images to another site, and hotlinked them in the post. For any people in the future.
What do you mean? Don’t instances keep a local copy of images from other instances?
Not most, they do keep tiny thumbnails though.
Servers can:
Most do the latter as its cheaper.
Interesting, thanks! I did not realize that.
What do you mean to edit your top posts to an archived version?
I sorted by top of all time on my profile, uploaded the images to another site, and hotlinked them in the post.
For any people in the future.
Good to know, thanks!