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Are there any plans to add attachments to Lemmy, as in not just image attachments/uploads? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This platform could be a viable alternative for forums (cuz we know in which state they currently are), but the lack of general attachments (any mime/file type) is what I believe stands in the way. I have an electronics forum I run (a local one, nothing too serious) and I believe Lemmy can make it more intereactive (not die out) because people from all over the world will get the feed and not just people that are online on the forum at that time.

Still, we frequently exchange PDFs, schematics (not always in image form), archives, etc., which makes Lemmy useless if there are no plans to implement something like this, even if disabled by default.

So, are there plans for anything like this being implemented?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was actually thinking about creating my own instance if I plan on migrating my forum to Lemmy. I don't mean to freeload, especially since I do pay the hosting fees for the forum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Goes along with the whole idea of Open Source. If you don't like something, change it yourself. I'm not an expert admin or programmer, but I do have some limited experience. I've actually taken advantage of the do it yourself potential of FOSS a few times myself, hosted some servers, modified some software. Nothing big, but little tweaks here and there. It's very empowering.