Is there ever going to be a way to post images from this instance?

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨JimSamtanko@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨meta@lemm.ee⁩

I always get the “file size too large” or whatever the error is when trying to post images as comments. I’ve asked and was told that it’s lemm.ee’s limitation on posts/comments.

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sunaurus@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The maximum limit for images hosted directly in lemm.ee is always visible in the sidebar of our front page. The limit stands at 500kb per image currently.

It’s also possible to post larger images in comments, they just have to be hosted externally. The markdown for this is ![alt text](image url)

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- GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Is there a list of suggested image hosts?
  
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ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Lemme is not a file (image) storage engine. What makes it so lightweight and fast on smaller hardware is its generally only dealing with text. Introducing large file support will just add bloat to the service with having to store the images. Not to mention this increases things like bandwidth billing from everyone viewing the image. That’s why you should use external image hosting services that are designed to do that.

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- muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If we want lemmy more mainstream then the interface needs to handle this itself we can’t expect normies to go do this themselves.
  
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  - calavera@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Maybe we could gave some front-end apps doing that work for the user(posting the image into a storage site and adding its url into the post automatically)
    
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And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can use postimg or imgur to host images. Don’t depend on the small instance servers

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- jaaaardvark@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Imgur is more enshittified than reddit by now
  
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  - And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Does the job, feel free to share better alternatives
    
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