Re: #2: If bandwidth or storage were a problem, the instance admins could handle it. Preemptively hotlinking to some external site deprives them of the chance to solve the problem in a better way, while also making it more likely that the pic becomes unavailable and leaves an orphaned post.
Re: #3: Another way of saying that is “letting Reddit’s corporate censorship usurp the Lemmy mods’ and admins’ power.” Does it still sound like a good thing? Just because fucking Reddit, of all non-person entities, has a problem with it, doesn’t mean it’s right or that the Lemmy instance hosting it is subject to the same laws!
if you try to open the image link to expand the map image, it’ll take you to the reddit post. Because the image isn’t being hosted here, it’s hosted there. And also, the post is deleted there, so, for me at least, there’s no way to expand the image and zoom in. I’m on firefox, if it matters.
why are you linking to reddit instead of just posting the image itself? the reddit poster didn’t create this, you don’t need to credit them…
That’s the only reason, but I can think of some others:
IMO, # 2 and 3 are terrible reasons.
Re: #2: If bandwidth or storage were a problem, the instance admins could handle it. Preemptively hotlinking to some external site deprives them of the chance to solve the problem in a better way, while also making it more likely that the pic becomes unavailable and leaves an orphaned post.
Re: #3: Another way of saying that is “letting Reddit’s corporate censorship usurp the Lemmy mods’ and admins’ power.” Does it still sound like a good thing? Just because fucking Reddit, of all non-person entities, has a problem with it, doesn’t mean it’s right or that the Lemmy instance hosting it is subject to the same laws!
i’m not seeing a link…
the link in the title:
https://i.redd.it/rgd9x75kghoh1.png
if you try to open the image link to expand the map image, it’ll take you to the reddit post. Because the image isn’t being hosted here, it’s hosted there. And also, the post is deleted there, so, for me at least, there’s no way to expand the image and zoom in. I’m on firefox, if it matters.