Does lemmy store remote instance's images?

I thought lemmy would only cache text from remote instances to avoid replicating images across the lemmyverse. But I'm seeing a lot of images stored in volumes/pictrs/files/ so maybe that's not the case? Anyone have any insight into this?

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lodion@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Your instance will locally generate and save thumbnails for external links in posts.

kiwi@kale.social · 3 pts · 3y

Ah, great thanks. That sounds much smaller in file size than mirroring all embedded content.

mike@lemmy.nine-hells.net · 2 pts · 3y

Maybe thumbnails?