No reference counting? This seems like it will cause problems:
[–]iBeReese 1246 points 3 hours ago
Is there a planned retention policy? Or is it an "as long as reddit has the money to maintain the servers the images will stay forever" kind of deal?
[–]Amg137[S,A] 1421 points 3 hours ago
We will keep the images as long as they are associated to a post. However if you delete a post we will also delete the image
[–]speedofdark8 1007 points 3 hours ago
How are reposts handled? If i upload something into /r/aww, get the link for that post's image, submit that link to /r/cats, then delete the /r/aww post, will the link in /r/cats still work?
[–]oldschoolred[A] 795 points 3 hours ago
No it wont... once the uploader removes the original post the link to that image will break
In the hypothetical case, the uploader is the person linking to it. They just want to post it on multiple subreddits without having to keep reuploading it.
Heck, I can see a similar situation where post 1 is on a subreddit with awkwardly enforced rules, post 2 is on a more relaxed one, and then because the mods remove the post and image on subreddit 1, the second version breaks with it.
Should people have to keep reuploading the same image every time they want to use it?
[–]iBeReese 1246 points 3 hours ago Is there a planned retention policy? Or is it an "as long as reddit has the money to maintain the servers the images will stay forever" kind of deal?
[–]Amg137[S,A] 1421 points 3 hours ago We will keep the images as long as they are associated to a post. However if you delete a post we will also delete the image
[–]speedofdark8 1007 points 3 hours ago How are reposts handled? If i upload something into /r/aww, get the link for that post's image, submit that link to /r/cats, then delete the /r/aww post, will the link in /r/cats still work?
[–]oldschoolred[A] 795 points 3 hours ago No it wont... once the uploader removes the original post the link to that image will break