Is there an easy way to share a lemmy thread in a way that’s instance-agnostic (they can view it on their instance even if it’s different from mine) ?
Similarly, any way to quickly switch to viewing a linked post on my instance if it’s linked through another?
You’re probably looking for https://lemmyverse.link/
Is there a way this kind of thing could be worked into lemmy as a feature?
It is part of the Lemmy 1.0 release
Similarly, any way to quickly switch to viewing a linked post on my instance if it’s linked through another?
Paste the post URL in your instance search bar.
Considering what brought me here, I’ll take finicky over maliciously designed any day. :)
On Lemmy it always translates a link to a post into your own instance.
!peertube@lemmy.wtf will use Lemmy.wtf for me because that’s my instance.
However, on external sites it’s an issue. Here the link it always static. You can install an addon that automatically redirects you to your own Lemmy instance. I have this on Firefox.
It’s not instance agnostic because the thread lives on the instance of the author. But links in this format: https://lemm.ee/post/57428587 can be put in the search field on any instance and will return the proper post.
cooooool mbin automatically formats it to a local link: must be new in v1.80
