When you upload an image in the URL bar when creating a post, where does it go? Are they hosted on the respective Instance of the community?

  • CrimeDad@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Maybe it doesn’t matter so much because image files are usually relatively small, but it seems kind of inefficient. I wonder if BitTorrent could help somehow.

    • majorswitcher@lemmyfly.org
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      1 year ago

      lots of traffic on many small files eventually uses more disk space and bandwidth. Depends on the growth of the instance