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CULINARY MAP (thelemmy.club)
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[–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)
  1. Convenience. Far easier to get the reddit link, than download the pic, then upload it.

That's the only reason, but I can think of some others:

  1. hosting. keeping the pic on reddit dont raise lemmy bandwith, or cloud cost.
  2. free moderation. If the pic is illegal somehow, reddit will delete it, without I having to care about breaking some law.
  3. origin. Keeping the origin well known, just for moral honesty
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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago*

    IMO, # 2 and 3 are terrible reasons.

    Re: #2: If bandwidth or storage were a problem, the instance admins could handle it. Preemptively hotlinking to some external site deprives them of the chance to solve the problem in a better way, while also making it more likely that the pic becomes unavailable and leaves an orphaned post.

    Re: #3: Another way of saying that is "letting Reddit's corporate censorship usurp the Lemmy mods' and admins' power." Does it still sound like a good thing? Just because fucking Reddit, of all non-person entities, has a problem with it, doesn't mean it's right or that the Lemmy instance hosting it is subject to the same laws!

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