Catbox was my preferred option as they have a handy Firefox extension that allows to upload pictures with just a click, and get the link directly in the clipboard.

My understanding was also that by having the pictures on catbox, we avoided storing copies of pictures on every Lemmy instance. Is this still the case? I read a bit about proxying pictures (https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4035) and it seems like this is more related to keep all media required by an instance locally, to avoid broken links.

So long story short: what should be the recommended way to share pictures on Lemmy?

Use a hoster like https://imgbb.com/
Upload pictures locally

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

From a browser image: Right-click an image and click Copy Image on the popup. In the lemmy comment editor press ctrl-V or right-click and click Paste. Lemmy uploads the image and constructs an inline link to it.

From an image file: In the Lemmy comment editor click the Upload Image button and select an image file.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was mostly cautious about storing that picture across hundreds of instances

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I just let the fediverse worry about that. I guess just don't share stuff you don't want to share.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My concern about resources consumption, not privacy, I mostly post memes 😄

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Well, you're doing god's work then, son. Just trust in His plan.