It’s interesting that redgifs links don’t seem to get views (probably because they are treated as external links and don’t expand play in-line unless the post is clicked into).
I’m still testing my theory out - but video links like from imgchest links (which do embed “properly” and play inline on main community page) do seem to get much better views/interactions compared to redgifs… Example: https://lemmynsfw.com/post/132049
It’s interesting that redgifs links don’t seem to get views (probably because they are treated as external links and don’t expand play in-line unless the post is clicked into).
I’m still testing my theory out - but video links like from imgchest links (which do embed “properly” and play inline on main community page) do seem to get much better views/interactions compared to redgifs… Example: https://lemmynsfw.com/post/132049