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How do I look at other instances? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Malthur@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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So, I don't know if this is a dumb question, but how do I change from lemmy.ml to let's say, beehaw, without switching accounts? I'm on the Jerboa app.

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[–] pineapple@lemmy.pineapplemachine.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For example, I am logged in at my home instance of https://midwest.social If I click a link to go to https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support it takes me to that community, but I am not logged in (to lemmy.ml) so I am unable to meaningfully interact with it. I have to manually edit each lemmy URL that I go to in the URL bar in order for me to go to that community with my lemmy account.

Communities are a pain, but posts are even worse, since post URLs use a numeric ID that is different between instances. I haven't found a better way than manually navigating to the community on my own instance and then ctrl+F'ing to find the post title. This is definitely one of the bigger problems for me, trying to get accustomed to lemmy.

[–] Arindrew@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apologies, I didn't realize someone had replied to my comment before I deleted it. I figured starting my own post was better than trying to hijack someone else's similar post. (Again, that link won't work for you - I've been told if you enter that URL into your instances search bar, it will translate it)

I agree with you though, this is the biggest problem I've seen that will lead to adoption issues. Not really a lemmy issue though, more of a Fediverse/ActivityPub issue.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.pineapplemachine.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apologies, I didn’t realize someone had replied to my comment before I deleted it. I figured starting my own post was better than trying to hijack someone else’s similar post. (Again, that link won’t work for you - I’ve been told if you enter that URL into your instances search bar, it will translate it)

Ha, this is a new peculiarity. Your comment is still visible normally for me on my instance, although I can see that it has been deleted by creator on lemmy.ml.

[–] Arindrew@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It must still exist on other instances until a sync happens.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.pineapplemachine.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It must still exist on other instances until a sync happens.

I am increasingly unsure that there is any such thing. See: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2825

[–] Arindrew@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. That completely changes my idea of how all this works...

[–] jayknight@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think this is a big problem that needs to be solved sooner rather than later. I think a lemmy instance needs to parse links in comments/post text to determine if they are links to lemmy content or just something else on the internet. I don't know how it should do that, but then it could adjust the link to do the right thing based on context, and any apps that use the api could get that data to know how to handle the link.