When an instance goes down, all of the images on it go with it. there’s going to be a lot from lemm.ee, especially given its size.
When an instance goes down, all of the images on it go with it. there’s going to be a lot from lemm.ee, especially given its size.
Depending on how the admin has pict-rs (the “subsystem” it uses for media) configured, post images can create local copies /thumbnails for image posts. Some instances opt to do that, some don’t.
Other images like ones posted a comments, user/community avatars/banners aren’t stored anywhere except their home instance.
But yeah, even the limited caching has proven problematic if questionable/illegal content gets posted.