How do I share a post or comment to someone on another instance so they can view it from their account? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by john89@lemmy.ca to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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If I want to share a post with someone from another instance, it looks like I have 2 options:

I can share how my instance links to the post, which is the little link symbol.
Or I can click the federated symbol and that apparently shares a link from the poster's instance.

In both cases, whoever I share the link with is unable to view that post from their account if they're on another instance. Is there a way to alleviate this?

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 points 6 months ago

Paste the URL in the search bar, it'll fetch it locally on your instance and get you there. No need for link guesswork to find it on a particular instance.

[-] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 5 months ago

Doesn't seem to always work

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