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?

  • dismalnow@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m a bitter old man who dislikes inline gifs in the comments

    I’ve waffled on this issue over the last 25 years, but agree that the option to show/block should still exist.

    First I was against it.

    • Mostly because it was change - cluttering my once pristine BBSs

    Then I enjoyed it.

    • Because it added some liveliness to the threads I read, and because I was in a smaller collective of folks that knew how to do it without being annoying.

    Then I was against it again.

    • Because the forums/boards because overstuffed with people shitposting ONLY animated gifs.
    • Izzgo@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m not fond of inline gifs. I overwhelm too easy, and so many gifs are kinda over the top without really adding to the conversation. In my opinion. I’d usually turn them off if I had a choice.