Submitted 4 weeks ago by humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee to fediverse@lemmy.world
Is there an easy way to share a lemmy thread in a way that’s instance-agnostic (they can view it on their instance even if it’s different from mine) ?
Similarly, any way to quickly switch to viewing a linked post on my instance if it’s linked through another?
Similarly, any way to quickly switch to viewing a linked post on my instance if it’s linked through another?
Paste the post URL in your instance search bar.
Ah, I see. Thanks!
You’re welcome. It’s a bit finicky to be honest 😄
It’s not instance agnostic because the thread lives on the instance of the author. But links in this format: lemm.ee/post/57428587 can be put in the search field on any instance and will return the proper post.
And smart clients/UIs like tesseract realise that the link is to a remote lemmy instance, and then give you the option of viewing it remotely or from your own instances perspective
On Lemmy it always translates a link to a post into your own instance.
!peertube@lemmy.wtf will use Lemmy.wtf for me because that’s my instance.
However, on external sites it’s an issue. Here the link it always static. You can install an addon that automatically redirects you to your own Lemmy instance. I have this on Firefox.
There is a website that will redirect to the post on your instance but it looks like I did not bookmark it. I expect someone else will chime in with it.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 weeks ago
You’re probably looking for lemmyverse.link
loaf@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Oh this is nice. Thanks for sharing!
jackalope@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Is there a way this kind of thing could be worked into lemmy as a feature?
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
It is part of the Lemmy 1.0 release
humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Oh, that’s really cool! Thanks