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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?

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[-] wildchandelure@midwest.social 157 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] MajesticFlame@lemmy.one 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 prive we pay for no ads. You have to link videos.

[-] kiddblur@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my instance has a 100kb file size limit on images and recommends posting links as well. Not sure how that’s gonna play out long term. With sites like gfycat shutting down and nuking their content, I wonder if we’re exiting the era of free hosting and sharing as well.

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