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So I know about /c/community@example.host for communities and /u/user@example.host for users, but how do I link to individual posts in a way that won't be a hassle for people in other instances?

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[โ€“] Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think that's what the fediverse icon does (the rainbow hexagonal one) so for your post for example it would be https://lemmy.world/post/94456

[โ€“] Whisdeer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I click on the fediverse icon on your post I get carried to lemmy.blahaj.zone though. I wanted to link it inside the users' current instance like /c/ and /u/ do.

[โ€“] Sharp312@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next to that fediverse icon is a regular hyperlink icon, that should take you to where you wanna go, but on your own instance.

[โ€“] Whisdeer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I right-click copy it, it brings me to https://lemmy.world/comment/128943. It isn't what I want, I want a way to bring others into this post but inside their own instances.

[โ€“] Sharp312@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Someone here please correct me if im wrong, but I dont think its possible yet. I just found this github issue discussing adding this feature

But then wouldn't that be the default link on the post title?

[โ€“] PriorProject@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As I understand it, the fediverse icon links to the home instance for the community the post was made on. I don't think there's currently a mechanism to link a post in a way that consistently resolves to the user's home server's version so they can vote and be logged in while viewing it.

[โ€“] TeaHands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't even see that icon on posts (desktop, web), only on comments. So now I'm even more confused! :D

[โ€“] TeaHands@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Update to my own confusion:

  1. You see the rainbow icon on posts that aren't from your home instance. This icon takes you to the full original URL of that post on the remote instance.

  2. The regular chain link icon on comments does indeed give you a link to a comment via your home instance. But that's no good if you're trying to link it agnostically for everyone else.

[โ€“] roomey@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ahhh I was wondering what that was for, thank you