so the mastodon commit which allows blank media toots also removes the media link insertion

i want to keep the insertion but also allow blank toots

ofc i can't have this unless i get elbow deep into the fucking mess that is mastodn ruby and javascript because both things are the same commit

SIGH

i want to keep the media links because more than once i've had a post boosted onto my timeline where the poster removed the media link and the media didn't federate properly and the toot referenced an image that wasn't there unless you expanded the toot and there was a link to an embed with that random characters filename mastodon puts on images and it links to the image on the remote instance but the toot on my instance never had media in it

SO IN CONCLUSION i don't want to remove media links