@utopify_org Hey, Good question. I thought a lot about...

@utopify_org Hey, Good question. I thought a lot about this. It's because of five good reasons:

1. Bandwidth (with many visitors, hot-linking them to all instance all the time is pretty heavy)
2. Privacy. Hotlinking them would give also log to instance owners of who connect to my website.
3. Loading speed: waiting for all servers to get pictures.
4. Copyright, and/or trolling possibly with p0rn or gore.
5. Aesthetic: I love the cat avatars https://www.peppercarrot.com/extras/html/2016_cat-generator/index.php 🙂

Like 26 Jul 2023 at 20:04 | Open on framapiaf.org

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maxmoon 🌱

@davidrevoy wow, okay, a lot of stuff I wouldn't even thought of until I would run into it.

Thanks for the explanation.

26 Jul 2023 at 21:05 | Open on veganism.social

David Revoy

@utopify_org No worry. I ran into all of them deeply and hard. That's why I keep them in mind now.

26 Jul 2023 at 21:10 | Open on framapiaf.org