Imgur links suck
Most Fediverse software supports image uploads, so there's no reason to use Imgur for image hosting. Hell, even on my small single-user server (atomicpoet.org), image hosting is easy peasy. Not only is Imgur not needed, they're an annoyance for those of us who are used to seeing images natively on the Fediverse.
I know habits are hard to break, but just remember: this isn't Reddit 🙂
imgur has more recently blocked access from numerous VPS, VPN and Tor.
Wait, why? What's the incentive?
Collect more user data and sell it for $$$ probably.
Reduce attack surface/abuse. There are plenty of services that maintains lists of “bad IPs” or “VPN IPs”. You can subscribe to them and get the list and block it. Most bots, spammers, attackers etc always run behind some type of VPN or Tor depending on what you’re doing and how much you’re trying to hide your trail.
Most services don’t go out of their way to block VPN IPs because it’s just a support headache/nightmare. Some services like Netflix are legally obligated to block well know VPN IPs
Ah, that would explain why I kept getting errors viewing images on Reddit with Safari on Mac (which uses a VPN-like privacy system
Was wondering why Imgur wasn’t working for me
I will add that many of us who work remotely using publicly accessible wifi also use VPNs, and Imgur actively blocks IPs from multiple commercial VPN providers. If you want those users to see the image you're sharing, Imgur is not the way to go.
Pixelfed works well with other Fediverse services like Kbin and Lemmy. Try hosting there!
Image hosting is always easy, it's never cheap. That's the difference between an instance with tens of thousands of users and your server with 1.
Yeah even for large Media uploads I'll probably not use my own instances server and instead use something like YouTube or streamable. Since many instances don't even support displaying large Media at all i noticed. Like i uploaded a multiple hundreds MB video on my instance and on all Mastodon based instances it showed the file not being available.
I'm usually on kbin, and here, imgur links are broken. Embeds and thumbnails, neither works for any imgur link.
I've taken to just ignoring anything with an imgur link. Hopefully with so many better alternatives imgur will die out soon on the fediverse.
Fuck imgur for blocking Mullvad
I use Imgur because Memmy has uploading photos direct to Imgur built in, like Apollo did. If the devs swapped to using PixelFed, I’d be using that. It’s just a matter of convenience.
If I was uploading and sharing photos to my own account, yeah I’d use PixelFed. I don’t have an Imgur account.
So yeah, I agree. It would be good to get away from that service.
Does Lemmy not let you just attach them to your post?
Yes you can with markdown. But like.. then I’d have to go to whatever image site, upload the photo, copy the link, go back to the app, make my comment or post, paste the photo link, bracket it with markdown, and post.
Or, I could just click the little image button in Memmy and click upload photo and it does it for me.
like soThis entirely. Just posted the same thing basically bc I’m also using memmy and it’s like I don’t have a choice. What do you suggest then instead of complaining about it.
Not all of us the web browser/desktop to browse lemmy.
Not all of us the web browser/desktop to browse lemmy.
It's almost like I needed a replacement for an app that was recently stolen from me.