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Lemmy v0.19.4 Release - Image Proxying and Federation improvements (join-lemmy.org)
submitted 5 months ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

In order to improve interoperability with Mastodon and other microblogging platforms, Lemmy now automatically includes a hashtag with new posts.

πŸ‘ŽπŸ» No way to disable this if I don't want hashtags cluttering up my posts. And worse, it's Lemmy putting words in my mouth / speaking for me.

[Re: Image Proxying] The setting works by rewriting links in new posts, comments and other places when they are inserted in the database. This means the setting has no effect on posts created before the setting was activated. And after disabling the setting, existing images will continue to be proxied. It should also be considered experimental.

What an absolutely stupid way to do image proxying. Why not just dynamically re-write image URLs to use the proxy path before serving it via the API?

That way:

  1. It works with all content posted any time before/after the setting was activated
  2. It lets users decide whether they want to proxy or not
  3. Doesn't break images if the home instance pict-rs is broken (which I've been seeing a lot of lately)

If you think "that's not reliable" or "too hard", I've been doing it successfully exactly that way in Tesseract with it's image proxy/cache for over 8 months (on the front end...in a cave...with a box of scraps).

[–] bevan@lemmy.nz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The hash tag just adds the community name:

β€œThe hashtag is based on the community name, so posts to /c/lemmy will automatically have the hashtag #lemmy. This makes Lemmy posts much easier to discover.”

Not really putting words in your mouth.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If I didn't type it, it's putting words in my mouth.

If I want a hashtag, I'll type one. I don't give a fuck about Mastodon, and I resent my experience being made worse to accommodate them.

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Not everything is about you.