submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
 

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€“] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

So we've figured out what the rainbow and regular link icons do. But that doesn't answer OP's question.

I've tried linking with just the /post/<ID>, linking with /post<ID>@<instance>, and no luck so far. This must be possible somehow!

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    it ought to be something simple like /p/<ID>

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (7 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

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  • [โ€“] [S] 3 points 3 years 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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years 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.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'm case it's useful, there's a discussion on linking here: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/36299

    I don't think there's any single answer yet though.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    Likely there is no way yet. Even the clean way to link back to your instance will throw an error, if the previous connection was not yet made.

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