as in, we’d only see a link to the image, and for us to actually see it we’d have to click on “expand” or on the link, or something.
of course i wouldn’t want this to be the standard, but for someone who can only log in using their phone and wants to save cellular data, it’d be quite the useful tool. so i think that having it as an option would be nice.
much like when you disable “media preview” on twitter for mobile.