github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1853
A known weirdism, but apparently not considered an issue
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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Link is just an image, FYI
eremophila@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Oh, I only just saw this!
Yeah, it’s not very intuitive at the moment. I like the suggestion that user made. Unfortunate the developers closed it, but they’ve got a lot on their plate, I guess.
They took two years to close it, so they’re probably somewhat sympathetic. A lot of people use third-party apps, though, some of which presumably address the issue in their UI.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
yeah op is clearly an idiot… oh wait that’s me
every time I ‘add photo’ it uploads it (from file) but then also changes the url, it’s a little weird, this is my first post so meh
fiuxed now probably anyway, thanks for the heads up
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Yeah, you’re not the first to be tripped up by it!
Basically, the ‘URL’ and the ‘Image’ fields are mutually exclusive. Either one of them can be the ‘primary content’ of a post, and you can only have one ‘primary content’. So if you use one, it wipes the other.
There is an alternative though!
If the content preview won’t load for a link, or you otherwise want to set a picture manually, you need to use the ‘Thumbnail URL’ field instead.
A handy way I use is to upload an image in the body field, then cut the URL from there and paste it in the ‘Thumbnail URL’. That way the image is re-hosted on the Lemmy instance, which is probably better than putting in a ‘Thumbnail URL’ pointing to another site.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I ended up using the thumbnail url field, in a backwards kind of way… the same way you mention, by cutting it from the body field, it worked well enough.
The post isn’t perfect, the field with “just a moment” … no idea if that is a source site issue, or just my ignorance again.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s not just you, that’s how all previews for that site load for me, too.
I suspect their DDOS protection software/service gets in the way for small platforms, like fediverse instances, while letting major social media platforms straight through.