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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Imgur links suck (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by atomicpoet@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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Most Fediverse software supports image uploads, so there's no reason to use Imgur for image hosting. Hell, even on my small single-user server (atomicpoet.org), image hosting is easy peasy. Not only is Imgur not needed, they're an annoyance for those of us who are used to seeing images natively on the Fediverse.

I know habits are hard to break, but just remember: this isn't Reddit 🙂

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[–] rpardee@hachyderm.io 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@atomicpoet Are there implications for who gets to pay for the disk space it takes to store image files?

[–] atomicpoet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who manages multiple Fediverse servers, I wanted to share a friendly perspective on image uploads. If the option to upload images is available on a server, it's likely because the administrator wants you to utilize that feature. Otherwise, they would simply disable it to avoid incurring additional costs for hosting image files. So go ahead and feel free to make use of image uploads when they're available!

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lemm.ee has uploads limited to like 100kb so people can use avatars but effectively the admin wants 0 image hosting. Idk what to use outside of imgur, was hoping this thread would have alternates but I don't see anything outside of pixelfed, which doesn't support anonymous easy upload.

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use https://postimages.org/

It is very reliable and supports uploading images upto 24 mb in size and 10k x 10k pixels.

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'll give this a shot in the future, ty!