it is indeed very annoying that looking at a fediverse profile doesn't work without js

cws don't expand (we have detail+summary!) and i think there's some fork or alt software that only shows a blank page

yeah like botsin.space is an empty void and at a glance it seems to be stock mastodon. come on
ok so mastodon 4 just made everything js-only and shows //nothing at all// otherwise. what a humiliating step backwards
@eevee the most annoying part is, that you can't just link-copy the timestamp for a canonical link to a post or profile. You will always have your own instance domain stuck to
@skaverat what... what! this is like halfway to t.co wtf
@eevee some instances patched it out already, but man, it's annoying to deal with... And has absolutely 0 benefit

@skaverat @eevee Sure there is! It’s difficult to boost / favourite / follow posts if you aren’t on your own instance, and people sometimes open posts in new tabs, expecting that the behaviour will be the same as on primary click. If they end up on another instance, it’s a problem.

It would be better if there was a common uri scheme for all this stuff instead (with one’s home instance registering a protocol handler), but alas…

@dylanmccall @eevee

If I see a post in my timeline, I can already boost and fav from the post itself.

true, opening a profile would make it more annoying, but you can catch a link leftclick in JS and instead of opening the link, show the profile on your own instance like you do now.

@skaverat @eevee oh hey can you point me to an instance or patch where this has been fixed for 4? I absolutely hate this part of the update but I definitely want to keep my ability to edit posts...
@liaizon @eevee queer.party has a patch. Haven't tested it yet, so can't say if it really works https://commit.pup.cloud/maff/queer.party/src/branch/master/patches/4.0.0_4-revert-captive-links.patch
queer.party

Mastodon customisations for queer.party

commit.pup.cloud
@skaverat @eevee oh hell yeah thank you for that lead!