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How do I share a post or comment to someone on another instance so they can view it from their account? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If I want to share a post with someone from another instance, it looks like I have 2 options:

I can share how my instance links to the post, which is the little link symbol.
Or I can click the federated symbol and that apparently shares a link from the poster's instance.

In both cases, whoever I share the link with is unable to view that post from their account if they're on another instance. Is there a way to alleviate this?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks! Neat trick

Does it mean that when posted, the original copy of the content lies in the poster's instance and not the community's instance? I'll have to learn more about how lemmy works :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes the post belongs to the user and the user's instance. The community basically just boosts/retweets the post.