Comment on How to access a non .zip link through the .zip instance?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
For example, someone posted this link (sh.itjust.works/post/31943808), and it was recent enough that I went to the comm homepage and changed it to .zip from there, but when I opened the thread through .zip it had a different post number (lemmy.zip/post/31038821) (actually I usually use old.lemmy.zip but it’s the same post number either way).
If it’d been an older thread I couldn’t find on the homepage, I’m not sure how to go about accessing it through .zip. Any ideas?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Also as a side note, is there a way to link specific posts with the ! markdown so they open for everyone in their home instance? I know how to link comms with that formatting, like !theonion@midwest.social, but not how to do it for specific posts.
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
There’s a third-party tool you can usually use: lemmyverse.link
So pop the url of the post on the home instance in, and you get lemmyverse.link/sh.itjust.works/post/31943808
Once you’ve set your home instance, it will divert you to the home instance’s post.
Unfortunately there isnt a way that i know of that lets you do it in lemmy. I think adopting sharing links via lemmyverse.link is the way forwards at the moment.