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Is there a seamless way of linking to other instances? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by tymon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, this comment links to another community on another instance, but when clicked on, you're not actually able to interact with anything on that community, because you're suddenly not logged in.

It's doesn't function like linking to a subreddit, and I understand that that's because of federation, but is there a better way of doing this? It seems... very stupid that linking to a page would suddenly "log you out" for all intents and purposes, while searching that same community wouldn't.

Does this make sense?

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[–] fleabomber@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Need a single sign in solution. Maybe?

[–] Kernel@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Intuitively, that's how I assumed it already worked, and it's probably what most new users will also expect. But a single global identity also runs counter to the idea of decentralization, and could invite other further complications.

The current experience can still be pretty jarring.