this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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Hello.

I'm extremely tired, so it very well could be that this is extremely simple and I'm just not getting it. However, what I would like to know is how to open a post from a community on one instance on another instance.

For example, here's a recent post from [email protected]. I know that to open that community in the instance lemmy.blahaj.zone, I would merely type into the address bar

lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/[email protected]

However, how would I open that particular post in that community on the latter instance? Is it even possible?

Cheers.

 

P.S.

I did do some searching on both this community as well as the Reddit Lemmy FAQ page but I didn't find anything. However, I could've missed something. If it's something obvious, I apologize in advance.


Edit: Assuming I understand what people are saying, well, evidently, it seems to be a current limitation of the ActivityPub protocol. Perhaps that will change one day. Hopefully soon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Most apps handle it internally, but if you're on the web browser you can use the Instance Assistant extension to do it for you. It adds a little "open post in home instance" button

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Instance Assistant

Nice! Installed!

Thanks. :) Kind of makes me think of a Reddit Enhancement Suite–type app but for ActivityPub. Haha.