• neutron@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    Suppose someone sent you a lemmy link like this: lemmy.example.com/post/12345.

    Now, you have an account on another instance called lemmy.test, also logged in and want to comment. But opening the original link lemmy.example.com/post/12345 still treats you as being unlogged, because it looks logins from lemmy.example.com, not lemmy.test or any other federated instances.

    The solution, for now, is to use the search* function from your instance (lemmy.test) by pasting the original link (lemmy.example.com/post/12345). That gives you a URL that’s compatible with your login inside your own instance: lemmy.test/post/98765.

    You can do this (or rather, have to do this) with communities or user links too.

    I heard there are browser extensions doing this automatically, but haven’t tried. Mobile apps should have better support.

    * Edit: I remember being able to do this but now its not working. Perhaps something changed? I recommend using browser extensions or mobile apps that should take care of this automatically.

    • Spzi@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      there are browser extensions doing this automatically

      I don’t think that’s technically possible, or it would require a substantial effort. Comments and posts are stored with an instance-specific ID. There is no nice way to determine if this ID matches an ID on another instance.

      I would be very happy to learn I’m wrong on this one. So if anyone knows a solution, please let me know.