This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they’d like to @[email protected] and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

  • misterharbies@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Not sure if you saw the news, but the BBC are experimenting with their own Mastadon instance. They can probably afford to host video.

    I understand that many instances are run by volunteers and hobbyists. But that doesn’t mean that a business such as BBC couldn’t come and host their own instance.

    And I don’t think I implied that you wanted to ban video. I just want to see video integrated natively into Lemmy so that instances can turn it on or off. A Youtube link is no good. I don’t like being rickrolled.

    • CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      I think a major obstacle is storage space. Many small to medium sized volunteer funded instances will have trouble affording it.