• PriorProject@lemmy.world
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      As I understand it, the fediverse icon links to the home instance for the community the post was made on. I don’t think there’s currently a mechanism to link a post in a way that consistently resolves to the user’s home server’s version so they can vote and be logged in while viewing it.

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      If I click on the fediverse icon on your post I get carried to lemmy.blahaj.zone though. I wanted to link it inside the users’ current instance like /c/ and /u/ do.

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      I don’t even see that icon on posts (desktop, web), only on comments. So now I’m even more confused! :D

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        Update to my own confusion:

        1. You see the rainbow icon on posts that aren’t from your home instance. This icon takes you to the full original URL of that post on the remote instance.

        2. The regular chain link icon on comments does indeed give you a link to a comment via your home instance. But that’s no good if you’re trying to link it agnostically for everyone else.