Comment on Sharing a link vs posting the media
Lemmist@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I rarely go by links unless it is something technical and I need(!) this information. The last thing I want in my life is another 50MiB Web4.0 page with 2 paragraphs of text.
PlasticPope@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Oh okay, so for example, a link a post from pixelfed, is not ideal on lemmy then…? (Images/videos)
Lemmist@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m lemmying here for a week only so I still do not know any nuances, but the idea is simple: I see information (text/image/etc) right through the client I use for Lemmy? If yes, then ok. If I see just a link… Well, then I see just a link.
PlasticPope@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I find that if its another Fediverse service like mastodon or pixelfed, that it tends to give a preview. And when clicked on it opens the respective app if you are using it.
I assume if you don’t have the app installed, it would just open a browser window inside of your lemmy client….?
Just not sure if it’s worth it for others to click on a link to see a photo or meme etc.
Oisteink@feddit.nl 1 day ago
A link isn’t interesting by itself. It can provide context or example for a post. For me lemmy is like reddit, its for discussion. If you don’t write a post but just provide a link i will ignore it or downvote as that is just spam.