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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SeaStar@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

People need to realize you can use alternatives

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[-] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

As someone who intentionally joined a different instance, the biggest issue is the “federation” doesn’t allow cross-authentication. Clicking a link to another instance moves me to that instance where I’m not logged in. Authentication should really be cross-instance.

[-] Menachem@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

assuming the servers are properly federated you should be getting a link that is still on your server. i mean, you got to this lemmy.ml link alright at least

wait, i think i get what you mean, like if you get an external link while not browsing on your instance? you should just be able to paste that link into the search function to find your instance's version of the post

[-] YoTcA@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I click the link you provided, my browser takes me to Lenny.ml. There I am not logged in and my credentials from feddit.de are not working. So I cannot post there.

I think it only works if the link points to a community on another instance. Like !memes@lemmy.ml . Maybe this is the intended behavior.

The downside is, you can not visit an instance and view the local communities and their post and interact with them. This makes it a lot more attractive to join the instance where the communities are you want to frequent.

Edit: the link to the community does not work either for me. But I am kind of sure, that there are links that work as intended and make you just view the community from your own insurance…

[-] knova@links.dartboard.social 1 points 1 year ago

You can subscribe to those communities on your instance, and then interact with them.

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