I used to regularly put images in comments by using ![](). Suddenly that does not work anymore, help!

It stopped working for me (and also another user) a few days ago. Until I post the comment it is fine but when I post it, the url of the image is getting automatically changed into a format that does not work.

Before posting it looks like this:

![](https://i.imgur.com/yFXLOOY.jpg)

However, posting it changes the url into this (non working) url

![](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyFXLOOY.jpg)

I will post the same image as a comment in this thread from two different accounts to illustrate.

How did this suddenly change, I never had problems posting images in comments before?

What can I do to fix this? I like posting images in comments and would be very happy if I could go back to it?

  • sunaurusMA
    9·
    16 days ago

    It’s occasionally breaking for us due to imgur rate limiting the lemm.ee server. I am planning to disable proxying for a few well known image hosting sites (including imgur) soon - it requires some additional development, but I think I’ll be able to do it in the next few days. Sorry for the inconvenience!

    • NacktmullOP
      2·
      16 days ago

      I see! Alright then, thank you and keep up the good work!

      • sunaurusMA
        2·
        9 days ago

        I’ve changed the logic now to no longer proxy imgur images, so their rate limits should no longer affect us!

          • JohnnyEnzyme
            1·
            7 days ago

            Oh man, I did find my obnoxious comment, seemingly blaming you for my utter frustration at the moment.

            That’s not right, and I sincerely apologise for that.

            I’ve now edited my comment to reflect my pure idiocy at that moment. Thank you for any and all understanding on your part!

  • Nemeski
    4·
    16 days ago

    Image proxying was added in lemmy v0.19.4 and imgur probably doesn’t like it. Does it work with other image hosting service?

    • NacktmullOP
      3·
      16 days ago

      It does work with imgur but only when I post with my lemmy.world account. The image is then only visible when I use my lemmy.world account, it becomes invisible when I use my lemm.ee account.

        • NacktmullOP
          4·
          16 days ago

          Try logging in through another instance, I can see it if I use my lemmy.world account.

    • NacktmullOP
      2·
      16 days ago

      Interesting, do you know when that update happened?

    • NacktmullOP
      2·
      9 days ago

      Please link me the image you were trying to post there, so i can try to reproduce the error.

      • JohnnyEnzyme
        1·
        7 days ago

        EDIT: Non-polite, frustrated words.
        Old man ranting at clouds, basically.

        Sorry folks, sorry.

  • Nakedmole@lemmy.world
    2·
    16 days ago

    Posting the image from my lemmy.world account:

    Edit: This image is invisible when using lemm.ee but visible when using lemmy.world

    • NacktmullOP
      2·
      16 days ago

      Posting from lemm.ee account:

      Edit: This image is invisible no matter what instance I use.

      • NacktmullOP
        3·
        16 days ago

        posting from lemm.ee account, using another image host than imgur:

        Edit: Heureka!

  • JohnnyEnzyme
    1·
    16 days ago

    Thanks for this thread and the replies, and I just wanted to add on that there are additional issues going on, related or not. For example:

    Our community (“lemm.ee/c/eurographicnovels” no longer shows up in “Lemmy Explorer.”

    For example, we were the #2 listing for a long time, until ten days ago, when these three issues first manifested.

    See:
    https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=graphic+novels

    “Graphic novels” is literally our title, and the wording routinely occurs throughout our posts, but we’re now invisible?