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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dbilitated@aussie.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

I notice often people might cross post something and say (for instance) cross posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/1916492 (random example which is the link that I just followed)

Is there any way to format a link like that so your home instance will just open it up so you're still logged in and can interact with it?

The link I followed goes to the Canadian lemmy server but it's actually looking at a post from beehaw.org, so it's extra useless 😒

Eg, if we could use the !technology@beehaw.org part with an ID? something like 6769052!technology@beehaw.org and our home instance could parse it to a link, with some tools to make it easy to add?

EDIT: This isn't a feature, but there is a github issue feature request at https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2987 for exactly this

EDIT 2: appears to be a userscript solution, but i haven't tried it. lives here though: https://git.kaki87.net/KaKi87/userscripts/src/branch/master/fediverseRedirector/README.md

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

What’s this post’s link for beehaw.org? I cannot see it at https://beehaw.org/c/fediverse@lemmy.world although some other posts are visible. I thought that I would see an “Error: defererated” message if that was the case.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"Defederation" means that new posts aren't accepted from instance A to instance B; it doesn't (currently) generate an error if you try to access a community c@A on instance B.

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

No. That’s the point.

this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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