I see this often and wonder how much I miss as a result. Imgur links neither render as a link nor an image. I only know it's a link to an image when I view it the same post via the WebUI or another app. I don't even realize these are images most of the time and just scroll past.
Is it simply not being handled yet? A bug? Design decision?
Referenced post: https://lemmy.world/post/24776463
Ugh. Now I see that this behavior changes between instances. Will have to look deeper later. Could be BE version differences. Could be instance settings.
We have your example from your instance and then I tested the following...
Same link while logged into Lemmy.word:
Same link while logged into feddit.uk:
Now to further complicate this, this is Sync for Lemmy via Lemmy.ca:
This is Sync for Lemmy via feddit.uk: