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What's the best way to post a Youtube link on Lemmy? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by 314xel to c/asklemmy

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Given that

there is no auto-preview / download of youtube thumbnails for posts
the post URL must be the youtube link; uploading an image replaces the URL with the one if the image, so no bueno

What is the format to embed the thumbnail of the youtube video (downloaded manually) in the body of the post and also link it to the video itself?

The reason I'd like to include a preview is that I find it hard to find and click the external link for a post. Sometimes I don't even realize it's a post with a link (both in the listing or after opening the post) - Reddit apps (at least in the 3rd party Slide app that I used) made it clear what type of post it was by clearly specifying Video / Image / Link / Self.text etc

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Personally I would just put the YouTube-Link into the post URL and let clients handle how that is displayed. Once the largest pain points in clients are addressed they can start handling external content, like embedding YouTube and Peertube videos, embedding imgur images, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Good point, it will also allow future clients to retroactively show posts we make today with the right thumbnail, title etc.

[–] 314xel 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might be right, there's no need to go through hoops at the moment, and just let future apps handle things. Last Jerboa update was unexpectedly substantial (image popup was a nice surprise).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Image pop up and also changing how they handle comment collapse was just chefs kiss