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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Inspired by the Low Tech Magazine, I thought about adding a dithering option to Lemmy. When posting a new link or image, you could set the image to "dithered", choose one from a couple different colors and the image will be created in this style. It looks cool, saves bandwith, storage and energy.
What so you think?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If this was added to PieFed I would use it along with the IRIX theme and surf like it was 1993.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm a big aesthetic fan of 1-bit dithered images and art. But it's hard to believe it's actually saving any energy.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe severely reduced bandwidth is the idea.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Check this, the image size is around 15% of the original.

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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