Mastodawn

Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Sep 23, 2024

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.

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Winnie 🏳️‍🌈Sep 24, 2024

@grumpygamer I'm sorry if I misunderstand what you mean but I think I can:

if I go to https://mastodon.de/@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place/113189402225733317, I see your post on my instance (mastodon.de) being logged in.

if I go to https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer/113189402043320068, I see it on your instance where I'm not logged in

still I agree with you that the UI should by default link to the former, not the latter.

Ron Gilbert #KamalaHarris (@[email protected])

Gamedev Mastodon

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cholling

@winniehell @grumpygamer That's exactly the point. You can't just link to my-instance/some-post because "my instance" is different for everyone who views it. You can link to the original, but newcomers aren't going to know how to rewrite the URL to get a version they can like, share, follow, etc., and the rest of us aren't going to want to jump through those hoops every time.

You can thank the "Gargron bottleneck": Mastodon is an absolute monarchy and nothing happens unless the chief developer decrees it. Or you could use one of the many other ActivityPub servers that do allow quote posts.