I’ve noticed that on Lemmy there aren’t really any videos/gifs as I scroll. I just see post titles, links, or images.

Is there a reason videos and gifs aren’t showing up on my feed?

  • hitagi@ani.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    GIFs work. At least in the comments they do. Videos can be (somewhat) embedded if you use an external host (i.e. catbox).

    GIF sample:

    • sorenant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments, is there a way to block it like I did with RES on Reddit?

      • hitagi@ani.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m not aware of an option like that but that sounds like a good feature.

      • dismalnow@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments

        I’ve waffled on this issue over the last 25 years, but agree that the option to show/block should still exist.

        First I was against it.

        • Mostly because it was change - cluttering my once pristine BBSs

        Then I enjoyed it.

        • Because it added some liveliness to the threads I read, and because I was in a smaller collective of folks that knew how to do it without being annoying.

        Then I was against it again.

        • Because the forums/boards because overstuffed with people shitposting ONLY animated gifs.
      • ThatGirlKylie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Using wefwef at the moment (Apollo inspired) you can use it on android desktop and iPhone as it is a webapp and they show up as a link for me that I can then click and doesn’t embed it or inline it.

  • wildchandelure@midwest.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy doesn’t really support embedding videos yet. It’s a highly requested feature so i think we can be assured it’ll be here within a future update.

    • MajesticFlame@lemmy.one
      3·
      2 years ago

      Quite possibly not. Remember that the admins running lemmy instances have very limited revenue so paying for servers is an issue. Some instances even encourage posting links instead of images to save on cost.

      Videos are in a league of their own when it comes to size and therefore the server power needed. Lemmy probably can’t afford it. Its the price we pay for freedom and no ads. You have to link videos.

  • Gevian@feddit.de
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m waiting for

    • Instant Regret
    • What could go wrong (it’s there but not much input)
    • Damn that’s interesting
    • Public Freakout

    Or some funny fail videos