Just do a search with the link and it should give you an instance-local page for the thread. I'm not sure if there's a more straightforward way of doing it, but that's what I've been doing.
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I'm 99% sure there is I just don't know how
Depending on your browser, there are extensions that exist to help with it. I'm not sure if there's an easier non-extension way than searching though.
Liftoff app has a url resolver in built i think.. you can try logging into the app.. visiting this post of yours and clicking the link to the post you want to go.
I tried that in Liftoff, but it opened in the browser built into the app. I was already logged into my lemmy.world account (in Firefox, which seemed to be rendering the page in the app), and I was able to comment but it was posted from that account. I went to Firefox and logged out of .world and tried again, but then it said "You must login to comment" from within the app.
I toggled "use in app browser" in the Liftoff settings, but then when I clicked the link it just opened Firefox and took me to that page.
Are you an Android user? If so, try this - https://github.com/zacharee/MastodonRedirect This seemed to work for me.
Probably would help if you would privide client details, is it browser?
"Sync for Lemmy" on Android for example just opens it for me and I can comment, no idea if stock/browser requires some additional operations for it to be seamless.
I was using Firefox on Android when I found the link from the Google search. I have many apps, but not Sync. I will try that. I tried finding the post using one of my apps by scrolling through that community, while logged in only with the lemm.ee account, but I couldn't seem to find it.
I just now realized your problem, was not aware there is difference between opening linked post from your own instance VS using original post URL.
Search in your own instance should be the only possible solution as someone else described earlier. Found this GitHub issue already discussing this problem.
I now wonder if each instance caches/duplicates all content from other instance posts or it just downloads it on demand.
Would still recommend Sync instead of browser though. This was one of the most popular Reddit clients before API change and pretty much the only reason why I stopped using reddit after its closure.
Edit: lemmy.world is down again, yet I can still browse posts from its communities so looks like each instance does indeed duplicate posts/comments. Wonder about scalability in long term...
I installed Sync and logged in with just my lemm.ee account and clicked the link in my above post. I was taken to the post, but I couldn't see any of the comments, but I saw the indicator showing that 52 comments existed. I was able to up vote the post, but I didn't try to reply.
I'll explore some of the other suggestions. Thanks
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