replication is a feature, not a design flaw!

In this case I’d argue that it’s both. (A problematic feature? A useful bug? They’re the same picture anyway.)

Because of your comment I can see the pros of the mirroring strategy, even if the cons are still there. I wonder if those pros couldn’t be “snipped” and implemented into a Nostr-like network, or if the cons can’t be ironed out from a Fediverse-like one.