You host it somewhere (e.g. a Pixelfed instance), take its URL and simply insert that image using the Markdown syntax for images (see the help button in the editor toolbar).
It goes a little like this: 
Someone said we should be lemmons and if there’s an award system it’s all lemons
When life gives you lemmons make a Lemmy account.
I wouldn't mind awards coming back, they were a form of monetization on Reddit that I didn't really mind. If we do awards on Lemmy, I think it would be neat if we could pick one free award a day to give out (and let it be any icon), and I don't think awards should give Lemmy premium or any of that stuff, but I'm open to the idea in general.
We are all lemmings now
Over the cliff I go
Meep
I'm dumb, gif in comment how?
You host it somewhere (e.g. a Pixelfed instance), take its URL and simply insert that image using the Markdown syntax for images (see the help button in the editor toolbar).
It goes a little like this:
Someone said we should be lemmons and if there’s an award system it’s all lemons
When life gives you lemmons make a Lemmy account.
I wouldn't mind awards coming back, they were a form of monetization on Reddit that I didn't really mind. If we do awards on Lemmy, I think it would be neat if we could pick one free award a day to give out (and let it be any icon), and I don't think awards should give Lemmy premium or any of that stuff, but I'm open to the idea in general.