Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but posts created on Lemmy with images don’t show up with images on Mastodon.
I’ve started running an instance based on artwork and this is a bit of a problem since it would allow us to advertise our communities to thousands of Mastodon users. Futhermore, since our images are often NSFW, Mastodon users clicking on the link that’s currently visible on their version can’t load the content since they often don’t have an account.
It would be awesome if images posted on Lemmy would also show up on other parts of the Fediverse, since it’s a huge missed opportunity for Lemmy and community self-promotion in my opinion.
I’m pretty sure this is something which needs to be implemented on Mastodon’s end. Mastodon and Lemmy handle images a little differently. On Mastodon, videos / images work like attachments. They always show up below the comment. On Lemmy, images are embedded within the body of the comment. They can show up before, in between, or after the text.
That does make sense. I did notice that Lemmy does display images when they’re sent from Mastodon, which (from what you’re saying) means that Lemmy is going the extra effort to show those.
I was wondering if it makes sense for all Lemmy posts to include images in both fields? (attachment + body) Or if that would cause problems.
In my humble opinion being able to show Lemmy’s images on Mastodon would be a huge benefit for self-promoting the platform and helping it grow.