Erik MoellerWith Twitter rebranding itself out of existence, millions of websites will have to update their "follow" and "share" buttons.
A perfect opportunity to finally add Mastodon or Fediverse buttons.
Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴@eloquence I don't know how they could do a Mastodon share button because it wouldn't know what instance a person is on. But the generic link button would do. And I also have a browser plugin to share to Mastodon that remembers my instance.
eyrea 🇨🇦@Nonya_Bidniss @eloquence ??? I already share to Mastodon via the app I'm using now. You just need to be logged in already.
@eyrea @eloquence It's not the same in a browser.
@Nonya_Bidniss @eloquence
I've been sharing stuff on Mastodon via phone and web for months now. If it were annoying, I would have noticed.
I'm really not sure what makes Mastodon uniquely difficult to share on. Having a share icon would be fantastic for visibility, but the instance doesn't matter, as previously claimed.
@eyrea @eloquence I just put the links into my posts. I don't find it difficult or onerous.
Kadsepfösch@eyrea
This works on the phone, yes, because the phone has a share mechanic between apps.
But on the desktop in the browser, there is no app to share to. You need to know the website you want to share to
@Nonya_Bidniss @eloquence
@Glatorius @Nonya_Bidniss @eloquence Or else you need to know Alt/option+D (or just select all and copy from the browser address field), or have a plugin.
But in those cases the browser still doesn't need to know your Mastodon instance, because if you copy the URL it doesn't matter, and if you use a plugin you'll need to be logged in anyway.
@eyrea
Yes of course, if you copy the URL it works... But copy/pasting a URL isn't a share button.
And plugin works too but that is more than needing to be "just logged in". It is an extra thing you have to install.
@Nonya_Bidniss @eloquence