Hi all,

I’ve been observing and participating in this community for about a week now. I’m liking it so far, but one thing I’m really missing is a way to link to other Lemmy content in a way that’s instance-aware.

For example, if I were to want to link to !risa@startrek.website, I’d link to https://startrek.website/c/risa. But then I’d end up at a Lemmy instance where I don’t have an account; I’d really prefer to be redirected to https://derp.foo/c/risa@startrek.website.

So here’s my proposal: create a central Lemmy redirection service where people can set their instance (in a cookie). The idea would be that people can link to, say, https://example.com/c/risa@startrek.website, and be ensured us lemmings end up on an instance where we can actually post.

Linking to posts and comments should ideally be part of this as well but whould involve a little more work.

  • Gemini@lemmy.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Usability-wise - absolutely agreed. I do wonder if it’s possible to implement it on a technical level in a way that does not cripple smaller instances.

  • Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Posts and comments have yet to be implemented in this way, but instance-agnostic links already work for communities. Simply typing !memes@lemmy.ml or !bicycles@lemmy.ca or whatever will give you a link which redirects users to that page on their instance. Your instance might have to be running the latest Lemmy version, though.

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    1 year ago

    Beside Lemmy 0.18.0 linking primarily to your own instance’s mirror of the community from other instance, there is also a browser addon trying to solve this issue if you ever end up on a wrong instance. (If you do not find the button to redirect to your instance, try refreshing the page.)

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    create a central Lemmy redirection service

    This is contrary to what the Fediverse is about. !risa@startrek.website is already unique and an identifier to universally refer to that community. It automatically links to https://your-instance-URL/c/risa@startrek.website which makes absolute sense, because you have an account on your instance.

    If you want to visit !risa@startrek.website just open the link with your instance. Either by using the URL or by cop&pasting the URL into the search field, or by something like lemmy Link in your browser.