Sharing a link vs posting the media

Hi there, new to lemmy. Just want to find out whether its fine to share from mastodon or other Fediverse services to lemmy?

As opposed to uploading the media directly into lemmy and not needing to open it in another app / browser?

I ask as I post photos on say pixelfed or mastodon or Friendica from a one-click-share-all app (croissant app)

But is it seen as bad to then just share the link with the said media into lemmy instead of posting it as an original post made and posted in lemmy?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. :-)

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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:

![The Lemmy Logo](https://join-lemmy.org/static/assets/images/lemmy.svg)

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. :-)
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.
- 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.
Thank you for being courteous and trying to keep up decorum.
- This means soo much for me. Thank you for the kind words. :-)

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