Is there a seamless way of linking to other instances?

For example, this comment links to another community on another instance, but when clicked on, you're not actually able to interact with anything on that community, because you're suddenly not logged in.

It's doesn't function like linking to a subreddit, and I understand that that's because of federation, but is there a better way of doing this? It seems... very stupid that linking to a page would suddenly "log you out" for all intents and purposes, while searching that same community wouldn't.

Does this make sense?

Spzi,

See (and please help if you can with)

  • A way to link posts across instances
  • [Bug]: local links
14specks,
@14specks@lemmy.ml avatar

c/asklemmy is not for support. Please use !lemmy for support requests and feedback.

SpaceCadet2000,

test

[email protected]

briongloid,
@briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

try !asklemmy

BendyLemmy,
@BendyLemmy@lemmy.ml avatar

Aha, yes - this is the first (internal) issue. The wider issue is - how can these comments be included in search engine results?

The ultimate power of Reddit is that it shows up everywhere in search. Lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, BeeHaw etc… they just don’t.

briongloid,
@briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

It was actually resolved with 0.18 in the last day or two;

!lemmy

ritswd,

Yes, but it just got released as part of Lemmy 0.18.0, which isn’t everywhere yet: https://lemmy.world/post/477633

PsychoticBananaSplit, (edited )

This works on browsers but crashes Jerboa for some reason:

Ask Lemmy

Lemmy World

[Ask Lemmy](/c/[email protected])

[Lemmy World](/c/[email protected])
Gormadt,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I'm not sure what I expected clicking those links in Jerboa, but it's true they do crash Jerboa when clicked

NotInTheFace,
@NotInTheFace@lemmy.world avatar

Reading that comment, reading this comment, still clicking on the link with Jerboa:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6a9ee5c9-1689-4861-90eb-bb6b3647b979.jpeg

Lumidaub,
@Lumidaub@feddit.de avatar

But is there a way to link to individual submissions on other instances?

Tarte, (edited )
@Tarte@kbin.social avatar

The feature exists in the fediverse, but I don't know if or how it's implemented in Lemmy. I'm using Kbin and there is a button called "copy url to fediverse" (for comments and posts/threads):

Your comment: https://feddit.de/comment/508518

This post/thread: https://lemm.ee/post/288327

So basically, each entry has a unique ID and home instance that you can use to build a link to the "original".

Lumidaub,
@Lumidaub@feddit.de avatar

Well yes but that second link takes me out of my instance and I can't interact. That's the point of the question: can I link to an individual submission on another instance without leaving my own instance so that I can interact?

Tarte,
@Tarte@kbin.social avatar

Certainly! Just copy the URL from your browser. It looks something like this for me:
https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/87952

From your perspective it's:
https://feddit.de/post/1053437

The original which is located on [email protected] is here:
https://lemmy.ml/post/1483815

Did I understand your question correctly?

Lumidaub,
@Lumidaub@feddit.de avatar

More likely I'm not being clear enough. These links all have an instance hard coded into them so I can't easily share them with people outside that instance. Right? Or am I not seeing something? What OP and I are looking for is a way to post a link to an individual submission on any instance that anyone can click on, regardless of their home instance, and be able to interact (this presumes their home instance and the target instance are federated, obviously).

Tarte,
@Tarte@kbin.social avatar

Oh, now I get it! Thanks for staying with me and explaining.

That would be a nice feature indeed.

Hanhula,
@Hanhula@kbin.social avatar

Hilariously, neither of these work on Kbin either (probably because Kbin uses m instead of c).

markrprior,
@markrprior@ohai.social avatar

deleted_by_author

    •
    Hanhula,
    @Hanhula@kbin.social avatar

    I can indeed, or I can just change links like https://kbin.social/c/[email protected] to https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]

    briongloid,
    @briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

    !lemmy doesn’t crash the latest Jerboa version 0.35, however I am having issues with default sorting as per my account settings now.

    Dee_Imaginarium,
    @Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org avatar

    Is there a seamless way of linking to other instances?

    Not really that I know of, not yet. Lemmy is still pretty janky, but it's our janky.

    fleabomber,

    Need a single sign in solution. Maybe?

    Kernel,
    @Kernel@beehaw.org avatar

    Intuitively, that's how I assumed it already worked, and it's probably what most new users will also expect. But a single global identity also runs counter to the idea of decentralization, and could invite other further complications.

    The current experience can still be pretty jarring.

    lml,

    There are ways to write links in such a way that they should keep you on your instance, but I'm not too familiar with them. I wonder if it would be possible to "precheck" links that load on a page, and if any point to content that can be federated, kick off the process of pulling that content in. Then when the user clicks that link, it would take them to the content on their home instance, where they can interact. That way users wouldn't need to deal with formatting links a certain way, it would just happen automatically (if your home instance software supports it).

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • uselessserver093
  • Food
  • [email protected]
  • aaaaaaacccccccce
  • test
  • CafeMeta
  • testmag
  • MUD
  • RhythmGameZone
  • RSS
  • dabs
  • oklahoma
  • Socialism
  • KbinCafe
  • TheResearchGuardian
  • Ask_kbincafe
  • SuperSentai
  • feritale
  • KamenRider
  • All magazines
    •