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Seeking Advice: Efficiently Archiving Lemmy Comments and Posts on Android (self.datahoarder)

submitted 4 months ago by IncogCyberspaceUser to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a more efficient way to save and archive Lemmy comments and posts on my Android phone.
Currently, when I come across a comment I want to keep for future reference, I manually copy the text and link, then paste it into a note in my Obsidian vault. If there's an image or other media in the original post, I save and include that as well.

However, this process feels a bit cumbersome. Ideally, I’d like a way to quickly save or share a comment or post URL and automatically archive the top 20 or so comment chains, along with the original post, including any images, videos, or articles.

Has anyone found a streamlined method for doing this? I often find that by the time I return to check the responses or review the content, the post or article has disappeared. Any tips or tools that could help simplify this process would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe this helps?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/

I use it on PC, and from what I just tested on my phone, it seems to work fine.

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks for your effort! That looks like a good step in the right direction. I'll just have to see if I can streamline it some more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The android app (Boost for Lemmy) I'm using has a save button for posts and comments and a section to view them.