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[RESOLVED] Looking for a way to make links to posts that don't leave the instance. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Nemo@slrpnk.net to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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I know I've seen it before, some website that translated a link to a post into a link to that same post, but on the instance of the user clicking the link. I cannot for the life of me seem to find it again, though.

It was not a browser extension.

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[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I’m not sure what you mean by a website that does this, but Lemmy uses a couple different simple formats for that. You can use a ! or just /c/. For instance

!aww@lemmy.ml

/c/aww@lemmy.ml

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Those link to communities, not specific posts.

I really wish the Lemmy devs had come up with a portable post URL format. Maybe something like

https://*any-instance*/post/*number*@*source-instance*

Then the clients could handle it like the ! links for communities and also just rewrite links to be for the currently logged-in instance.

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 month ago

There was a feature request for it years ago. I bet PieFed will do it before Lemmy does.

[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, sorry, I read your post incorrectly. Glad it got figured out.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Apparently Jerboa doesn't recognize the /c/ version as a link..

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Boost either.

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