Images from this instance aren't arriving at my instance?
Images from this instance aren't arriving at my instance?
Hi! I hope this is the right place to post this, but I'm having trouble receiving the images from this instance on my home instance, this is what Risa looks like for me in the browser and in the app (I use liftoff). I've tried the suggestion in the FAQ of disabling adblock/adding a rule, but that doesn't seem to solve anything. I've also asked on my home instance, but it doesn't seem like the problem lies at our side. As soon as I view the communities via your instance directly I have no problem loading the images. So help! How do I get all your amazing memes in my home feed?
Update: So at least on Brave the issue is not the ad blocking, this comment from Freamon has a fix: clearing the cached data of your browser. Xusontha used and suggested the same fix. I will just switch to using Firefox because I don't want to deal with clearing cache all the time. Thanks for your help! :)
Someone from my home instance referred me to this post which seems to be the problem I'm experiencing. The title says 'solved' but I can't seem to find a solution in the thread? Images seem to be broken for others on my home instance as well so it's probably not just my devices.
I ended up disabling the whole adblocker to see if that would help, but no... If only you knew the lengths I go to to view your memes mr/ms/mx Stamets!
The post you've linked to (referring to the problem being 'wacky local caching') explains some of it.
For example, that "TRUST ME. That TV? It's Safe" post - the thumbnail is broke for me on feddit.nl, but it points to a valid image (it expands to a full one, and 'Open Image in New Tab' will display the thumbnail version.
If, however, I view the community through Private Browsing (aka Incognito Mode), the thumbnail displays correctly.
Image to illustrate:
When I click that same post to open in a new tab, this is what shows up for me. When I try to expand the thumbnail there is also nothing. This is on Brave browser, Brave shields are down.
Are you using uBlock Origin or another ad blocker. The post you linked to says that's the issue and why the images are not loading.
I use Brave on my pc, I disabled the ad blocker on that and the images were still not loading. On my phone I use Liftoff, and usually the images are broken but now that I launch the app to take a screenshot they are all there! I'll take it, although it makes the problem even weirder :P Out of curiosity I tried Firefox with uBlock origin and without me disabling it only 2 images on the front page of Risa are broken, when I do disable uBlock those last 2 load in as well. When I use Brave browser 95% of the images are broken, even when clicking on them to view in a new tab. It makes no difference if I enable or disable the Brave shields.