I've just done a bit more testing, since my friend emma in this Raddle thread was able to confirm in her own #Postmill instance (I've tested against #Raddle too because why not) that it's a caching reverse proxy causing images to stay longer on the server. I'm able to confirm that using a query string bypasses the proxy's cache and results in the expected 404. Hooray, and I couldn't expect any better from Raddle! :ai_yay: They always take #privacy seriously. :alice_wine:
I've used this method against #Mastodon, #Pleroma, and #Misskey. The first two still returns the image I've uploaded even though I've deleted my account AND used a query string to bypass proxy cache (yikes). Misskey forcibly rewrites the URL to strip out the query string, therefore I can't conclude for 100% sure that it's a proxy's fault. But I'm still pretty confident it is the reverse proxy's doing in the case of Misskey due to the observation I mentioned earlier where the generated file URLs that never got accessed don't get cached.
Alright I'm done with this shit, #fediverse devs, do whatever with this info with mind :seija_coffee:
I'm planning to self-host a Reddit like instance for myself, but I'm between Lemmy and kbin . Essentially I want to host my own data, and jump into discussions from other communities.
With a limited search results, people praise for #kbin, and bash #lemmy developers about their world and political views, however Lemmy is written with #rust, and Kbin with #php .
I just want to migrate to what people will be using to.
@arda note also that #kbin has its own baggage. Essentially, it is accused of pilfering code from #postmill without attribution. The developer has acknowledged that they used postmill code without attribution and has promised to fix this. I particularly like kbin and postmill and have been able to install postmill locally. Postmill isn’t part of the #fediverse although kbin is.
@cmdrmoto@arda so don’t get me wrong. I’m all in for Ernest and what he has done with #kbin. Love that he has it federated. And totally love his owning up when Emma made it an issue. I only mentioned it so that @arda doesn’t get “blindsided” if at some point that gets called out. I love both projects #postmill and #kbin and want to see both flourish
Okey dokey. So, I'm looking at viable #RedditAlternatives to replace what #Reddit was providing for me* & I'm currently at the initial information overload stage.
My current understanding is that Lemmy is associated with tankies & best avoided, but it's also the most developed option presently.
Kbin seems to me to be more of an upcoming star, but still lacks important features & an app.
@SympathyTea@SleepyCatten There was a small tiff between the developers of #kbin and #postmill over non attributed code, kbin copying code without attribution. I like both as they have very similar UI.