The site I write for, like almost every news site from the NYT on down includes a twitter button for sharing.

I'd like to see a mastodon button that anyone can put on their websites to replace the twitter button that is readily available

@SusanKraemer
Would be great to see @TheConversationUS add a Mastodon button to their web articles. I appreciate them being on Mastodon already.
@eriknordman @SusanKraemer I don’t think this is technically feasible - a Twitter button works because you always share the link to that site. But how would a Mastodon share button determine which instance in the fediverse you are on and posting from?
And thanks for your welcome
@TheConversationUS @eriknordman @SusanKraemer Create an opt-in central registry that's only used for this purpose?

@costrike @TheConversationUS

I filed a feature request that might help with this kind of stuff: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22245

Define Canonical URLs? · Issue #22245 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch Define a canonical URL space for links to Mastodon posts (and maybe other things) that can be shared outside of Mastodon to get a more seamless experience when opening them. For example, defi...

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