@boots That is a good question which I have also been wondering.
@boots @InspectorCaracal when was that a thing?
@Gargron
@Gargron @maloki @InspectorCaracal you can apply classes to <a>, right
could one just have it so picture links are a specific css class applied by the instance, so instances can do whatever they see fit (display:none, do the picture icon thing, etc)
also having them be applied in post and not show up in the compose form as well as not having them drain character limit so hard would be good too
hmmm
i might poke around and see if this is possible