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
Do you know an easy way to retrieve link B? As a piefed.ca user viewing a piefed.social post on a lemmy.world community, I see no easy way to retrieve the lemmy.world link. If no easy way exists, then I guess it settles the B vs. C debate.
I don’t think there’s a quick way to get link B, but C is literally called the canonical URL. Check the <head> section in the HTML (bottom of the screenshot)
Remember that posts belong to users, the community only does a retweet/boost of the post.
More info: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1418
At this moment the web interface doesn’t support this.
I use the app Voyager on my smartphone. I can set in the settings that the share link target links to A, B, C by default or that the app asks me everytime.