# Embedding media (pictures, video clips, etc.) in a post **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 14, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-media-pictures-video-clips-etc-in-a-post/1020852 "2025-07-14T14:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-media-pictures-video-clips-etc-in-a-post/1020852/4 "2025-07-14T15:10:44Z")
For Imgur specifically, note that posting a link to an album produces a squashed preview of the first image in the album. A link directly to that image has a not-squashed preview. Since albums of one pic are commonplace, this merits knowing. Vids are slightly more complicated due to a bug in Discourse. See here for more: > [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/55): > > Like was mentioned elsewhere we’re in the “call for a quote” category of sites so it’s hard to find list prices. I have no idea what we pay for storage, or how the cost scales with usage, but I think it’s safe to assume that Discourse is likely to monetize the heck out of media hosting. I’m simply saying that I find it hard to believe we’re in some vanishingly small minority who forbids images. People here keep saying this makes us some kind of unicorn, that doesn’t pass the sniff test. Simpl… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-media-pictures-video-clips-etc-in-a-post/1020852)._