On Lemmy, it is possible to upload an image by pasting it from the clipboard into the URL or Body field.

On PieFed, it seems that it is not possible to upload an image unless it is already stored as a permanent file on one’s device.

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 month ago

    when someone pasted in the wrong thing they will have a way to delete it later. How does Lemmy handle that?

    For a few seconds immediately after pasting, there’s a small popup with a “click to delete image” button.

    we don’t really want to become imgur, the storage would be immense

    Yeah, I understand that storage can be a challenge. It’s always a tradeoff between cost and redundancy. Any time you rely on someone else’s storage, there is the potential for link rot. I wonder if there would be some way for instances to share the load of file hosting in a P2P manner.

    we need a way for people to BYO storage - provide the login details to their ftp site

    I remember one of the Lemmy mobile apps has an “upload to Imgur” option. It would be neat if such a feature were implemented natively in PieFed.

    • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social
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      1 month ago

      What is immense? aka. do we have an idea how much storage 1000 users would use per year

      Perhaps it can be an optional feature for instance-owners? (If they can set limits per user that might also help)

      We can already upload images with the button, pasting it shouldn’t increase the size right?