Not a fan of it by any means, but it shit down ~11 days ago and no one mentioned it.

Every link to something on the instance redirects to this: https://imgur.com/XpxDJTg

Since lemmy posts are links, every image post is now that image.

The admin (local account on lemm.ee https://lemm.ee/u/hamid@vegantheoryclub.org ) said it was because of the harassment culture on lemmy (https://lemm.ee/post/64686772 ), and blamed sunshine and beaver for doing something? (https://lemm.ee/post/63664605/20610349 – the post this is in reply to is gone, but the comment is in the local copy of the person’s profile.)

Anyone know what happened?

  • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 days ago

    None of this gives you the right to ignore an artist’s wishes. As I’ve said, your actions here are not going to endear people to your cause, which in my opinion is far more important than “making an exception” when someone has asked you not to repost their work.

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      16 days ago

      Since when does copying memes go against an “artists” wishes. Is said "artist posting their own painted art or hand crafted meme? Or is it just a stock template with words on it.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 days ago

        Bestie, photography is art. I can’t believe I have to say that out loud. Did you look at the above link? It’s a photo of a bird, not a meme and certainly not a stock template.