Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)I hate that you can't link to a Mastodon post without it taking you a different server. It's nuts that those links aren't swizzed on the sever. Always taking me to a different server that I'm not logged into is the Achilles heal of Mastodon. Non-tech users are completely confused by this. It's not their fault, it's Mastodon's fault. I know it's not easy to fix, but if Mastodon wanted to fix one thing keep new users, this is it.
Jef Poskanzer@grumpygamer I think Pinafore does fix it? Proof of concept that it wouldn't be that hard to fix?
Herr Irrtum! 🔊@jef @grumpygamer
Careful, Pinafore isn't in development since >1y now (https://nolanlawson.com/2023/01/09/retiring-pinafore/),
however it's fork Semaphore is (https://semaphore.social/settings/about).
Both are alternative (web) clients for Mastodon.
I'd be careful to use 3rd party web clients with my credentials for whatever service. Note, that the Pinafore developer did know and explicitly address this (but it's not touched since > 1 year, I wouldn't consider this "safe" anymore) – no idea if the developers of Semaphore think the same.
Careful, Pinafore isn't in development since >1y now (https://nolanlawson.com/2023/01/09/retiring-pinafore/),
however it's fork Semaphore is (https://semaphore.social/settings/about).
Both are alternative (web) clients for Mastodon.
I'd be careful to use 3rd party web clients with my credentials for whatever service. Note, that the Pinafore developer did know and explicitly address this (but it's not touched since > 1 year, I wouldn't consider this "safe" anymore) – no idea if the developers of Semaphore think the same.
cholling@jef @grumpygamer Writing code is easy. Convincing Gargron to put it in Mastodon is impossible. He seems to think that quote posts will bring on the apocalypse or something.
@cholling @grumpygamer Yeah but displaying a Mastodon URL as a quote toot is different from displaying a Mastodon URL on the local server.