Crossposts Do Not Display Post Text From Original Post (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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I just noticed that crossposts like this one: https://lemmy.ca/post/23884170 do not show the text from the original post.

Viewing the crosspost on a browser displays it, but on Voyager it only appears if I click on the original post.

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[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Is this how we want it to work though?

I assume the cross poster has the opportunity to proved their own text? Maybe if they opt not to provide their own text the OP text could be displayed but it should be made clear the text is part of the OP and be within the grey card with the rest of the OP info.

I think showing both the OP text and crossposter’s text would be too busy. The crossposter’s text should take precedence.

[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I don't think you can add any extra text when crossposting with Lemmy, but I'm not sure what instances like kbin allow.

Either way, I would expect that treating it the same way that the browser view currently does would be a good start for this specific case.

[-] aeharding@vger.social 2 points 4 months ago

You can disable embedding cross posts in settings to get to the original Lemmy implementation if you prefer.

this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2024

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