• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      I think you replied to the wrong person. And I’m not sure why you had to include a giant screenshot

      Every instance that federates now has to host that. If everyone was this inconsiderate of server space the federverse couldn’t exist.

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        It wasn’t giant on my end, it looked like 2 thumbnails that broke apart into a 2 mile long post that couldn’t be scrolled, so I deleted it. And then your response appeared.

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          25 days ago

          It’s now posted three times as a parent comment to the thread…

          And the way deletion works on federated instance none of them are likely to be removed…

          So now 4 copies are taking up space on every instance federated with .world, it adds up

            • Eh, it’s possible to configure an instance to not pull down images but just link to the source. I speak from personal experience here.

              Also, the commenter is wrong about deletion - I’ve seen my own instance deleting images because a request to do so got federated in. (Again, speaking from personal experience.)