Just a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break.

Consider editing a few of your top posts to an archived version.

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Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If you used https://postimages.org/ or any other third party hoster, you should be fine

Microw@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Do you know how it is with the thumbnails for third party hosters? Do they generate as lemm.ee thumbnails?

Blaze@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1y

Not sure to be honest.

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

What do you mean? Don't instances keep a local copy of images from other instances?

Irelephant@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Not 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.

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Interesting, thanks! I did not realize that.

What do you mean to edit your top posts to an archived version?

Irelephant@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

Good to know, thanks!

d_k_bo@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

I think this should be added to the pinned post. The current wording is a bit misleading:

Because of how Lemmy is built, everything posted on lemm.ee will still be accessible from other instances, even after we go offline.

I forgot doing this before feddit.de wasn't reachable anymore which results in most image posts as @d_k_bo@feddit.de being broken whithout any possibility to change their URL.