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Quite confused at how this works (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So how does this whole thing work exactly? I made an account here on beehaw, but then when I view other lemmy instances, I see some of the same posts that are here on beehaw.

For example, I commented on this thread: https://beehaw.org/comment/121048

And then I get a reply from this site instead, where I can't comment because I need to log in, but it doesn't allow me to? https://lemmy.ca/comment/190838

Wildly confused.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So to respond to your comment, I have to click on the "Show context" button to open up Beehaw's interface.

If I click on "Show Context", it takes me to lemmy.world where I can't respond because I need to comment. Is it bad if I've tried logging in to other instances with my credentials?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it isn't bad - it just won't work. Instead you need to copy the link provided in the sidebar of the community telling you to log in (it starts with a ! for Lemmy communities), click on Communities at the top of the page, paste the ! link into the search bar, and press "Enter." That should bring up the community icon with a "Follow" underneath. Click "Follow" and you are in - you can comment on threads for that community!

[–] ug01x 1 points 1 year ago

Good tip. I'll have to try this.

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

I'm using Jerboa and I just tapped the little text icon and now I'm replying. Maybe it's an instance setting?

[–] ug01x 0 points 1 year ago

Probably not bad. I tried it too earlier just to see, and just stumbling around as well.

The app has helped me a bit in that it seems to hold some of the context for my account. Meaning as I move around these communities it keeps me in my context where it knows which site I'm connected via.

Links have been troublesome for me thus far though. Opening the other communities in their native interfaces instead of in the app or somehow via the site I'm logged into. Probably something to ponder on as development continues. Maybe someday the app can handle the "magic" of getting a post via a link to another site within my site's context if they are connected.