They'll only see the IP you're connecting with and encrypted data packets being transferred on.

ELI5 the second part?

That is why defederation and blocking communities happen! If both communities are on far extreme side of the scale then there's no good ground to be made for interaction.

Is this option working as expected? I've enabled it but still seeing cropped images in the feed (unless I click them)

Leminity (Lemmy + Infinity) sounds easier.

Good bot 👍 And the one you missed: !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee

Btw pro tip: you can insert the literal meme as Lemmy supports image/gif posting ;)

Turn off/Untick the option called "Show read posts" in your account settings and see how that works.

Wait.... Infinity for Lemmy out there?

FOSS stands for Free (as freedom) & Open Source Software
Example of FOSS: Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Lemmy, VLC player, Blender, 7Zip etc

That's why it's good idea to avoid the major/big instances and host on your own if possible (or choose some small random instances and check out their Blocklist+rules)