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Which instance should i choose when i share a link? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

use the fediverse icon to get the canonical link to a post (which is option C in your list), you can right click it to copy the link

on piefed.social it's in the overflow menu:

on Lemmy it's just the icon

although sometimes I do not grab the canonical link, like if the instance is slow or has poor downtime, I'll use link A or B from your list

(someone should maybe add this info to the Lemmy docs https://join-lemmy.org/docs/introduction.html idk if piefed has similar docs)

[–] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

That was surprising. I thought like many others that the posts belong to the community. Actually it is not like you have proven.

[–] bayleaf@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Do you know an easy way to retrieve link B?

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.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think there's a quick way to get link B, but C is literally called the canonical URL. Check the 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