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> Is it a problem? Right now it doesn't seem to be a practical problem. It will be the day these image hosting services die (and they do, all the time). This s
by mikae1 4y ago
> Is it a problem? Right now it doesn't seem to be a practical problem.
It will be the day these image hosting services die (and they do, all the time). This setup separates the post content from the post itself. I hope that most of us remember what a giant mess hosting images for forums on free image hosting services (that were later shut down) caused.
Apparently there was a discussion just a few days ago about Imgur deleting images that are not associated with a user account[1]. Just imagine all the broken image embeds that will cause…
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35636190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35636190
- rektide 4y agothis reply feels 1 step behind my post. i already mentioned imgur. i already spent a while talking through how we adapt & deal with this. i tend to think the way forward isn't to change our user behavior or the pattern, but to layer user-sovereign resilience atop the web, which we already have wonderful examples of aplenty. the Axioms of Web Architecture help us cope & iterate with emerging situations well, are a strong start for resilience layers. https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html and reciprocally, i'm not saying it's a solved problem either.