To save on server-storage, please consider using third-party providers like imgur if you want to post images, thanks!
And also the recent issue mentioned by @dandroid, a few lemmy instances wiped out most user-uploaded images as a result, and others no longer allow image uploads at all
If something is important to me or feel like it could be of significance I will go to archive.org and archive it.
Else it’s not important. If it’s just text, I will link it in my obsidian KB and copy the picture from the source if it’s that important.
Some user may post the next DenverCoder9 comment. You never know.
Except if you only repost memes. Then they only have an entertainment value.
But then maybe someone from KnowYourMeme will research with a post you did 10 years ago.
It is not difficult to open a link with a picture if the user uses Lemmy through a browser. However, when you use the Lemmy app, it becomes inconvenient to constantly open pictures through the browser.