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.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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Oh okay, so for example, a link a post from pixelfed, is not ideal on lemmy then..? (Images/videos)
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.
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.
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.
depends on the content, as well. an article needs a link, but i like it when the important part is quoted, so i don't have to click the link to follow the comments.
memes/images should be postet directly. no one will follow a link to a site with an image even mastodon etc. post the image and add the source. same goes for "social" media posts. post the screenshot and a link to the source, so i don't have to go to some nazi-site to get the information.
You can inline post the image. For example, this image is not uploaded but hosted on join-lemmy.org:
This is how I inlined it:
Note: The text in the square brackets is optional alt text when hovering over the image. It helps people with screenreaders.
The only requirement is that it is a direct link to the image.
Thanks soo much! And so we learn. :-)
Thank you for being courteous and trying to keep up decorum.
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