Should clients publish a blur hash for linked images?
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why?
So clients don’t have to load arbitrary image URLs in order to display a blurred version of the image.
You can render a blur hash that looks equivalent to a blurred version of the original image
The downside is the burden is on clients to identify image URLs and generate a blur hash for images
interesting but increases relay load
why not just use a placeholder
Only marginally, the hashes are pretty small 🤏🏻
all matters
The user experience is poor with a placeholder IMO
If we care about relay load, we can set character limits 😉
its poor with blurring
Interesting.. so clients don’t even need to ping the url?
Exactly!
Maybe a better alternative would be allowing clients to set a media proxy.
The proxy can generate thumbnails and hide the client’s IP