I’ve noticed that on Lemmy there aren’t really any videos/gifs as I scroll. I just see post titles, links, or images.

Is there a reason videos and gifs aren’t showing up on my feed?

  • trifictional@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It will. Reddit only added video hosting in the past couple years. Before that, everyone just linked imgur and other hosting sites.

    I bet the largest servers will eventually have their own hosting platform too, but for now it’s one of the growing pains.

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      1 year ago

      Hosting videos requires a lot of storage, before reddit hosting images/videos most used services where imgur, streamable, gifycat…

      On small instances hosting videos could be an issue with storage and bandwidth, hosting externally is always a best option

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        1 year ago

        The whole thing is really a bit ironic. Market analysis shows that video content makes users stay longer, so Reddit pushes for more video content. Hosting video content is expensive, so Reddit pushes to make more money off users. Users get fed up and leave.

        I guess peertube is the example to look at now for video hosting in the Fediverse. It’s a complicated challenge for sure.