Quick question - is there a way to format a link to a lemmy post so it opens through your home instance if you click it? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dbilitated@aussie.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I notice often people might cross post something and say (for instance) cross posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/1916492 (random example which is the link that I just followed)

Is there any way to format a link like that so your home instance will just open it up so you're still logged in and can interact with it?

The link I followed goes to the Canadian lemmy server but it's actually looking at a post from beehaw.org, so it's extra useless 😒

Eg, if we could use the !technology@beehaw.org part with an ID? something like 6769052!technology@beehaw.org and our home instance could parse it to a link, with some tools to make it easy to add?

EDIT: This isn't a feature, but there is a github issue feature request at https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2987 for exactly this

EDIT 2: appears to be a userscript solution, but i haven't tried it. lives here though: https://git.kaki87.net/KaKi87/userscripts/src/branch/master/fediverseRedirector/README.md

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I was disappointed that federation didn’t automatically log you in everywhere like Google across its services, or that you cannot just “log in with [your home instance]” like OAuth.
(See my other comment for pondering how this could work)

I even tried using my feddit.de credentials (with @feddit.de appended, of course) on another instance, assuming the website code would notice the @ and pass them on to feddit.de instead. @ChaoticNeutralCzech@beehaw.org

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I got very confused and tried clicking all kinds of stuff, ending up with a dozen accounts across the Fediverse. I am not the only one who did, apparently.