Which instance should i choose when i share a link? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Let's say:

I am on instance A.
I browse on a community that is on instance B
a user from instance C post something on that community B.

Now i want to share a link to this post. Which instance should i pick?

A my home instance
B the community
C the post author

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[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I agree with the other answers here, however if you share the link to another fediuser outside of the platform (e.g matrix) I really like sharing with threadiverse.link.

Edit: an example using your post with threadiverse link (used my local instance to copy the post): https://threadiverse.link/sopuli.xyz/post/29845043

You set your instance once into the cookies and it will always redirect to yours.

[-] jinx@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

there's also lemsha.re and voyager's go.getvoyager.app

[-] anothermember@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's useful thanks for sharing.

It feels like there should be something like that built into Lemmy and I was a bit surprised there isn't, just like how you can link to a community for example with !fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 weeks ago

In my opinion I always do that original instance the post was on.

[-] Xkdrxodrixkr@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Id pick the communities instance because that's the one responsible for federating the post and comments. Id only choose the instances a or c if b is or is planning to shutdown, or if I really wanted to show people what my home instance is