Presumably it’s the link to the comment/post on the instance it was made, but that’s not always the case, so I’m a little confused =/

  • @nutomic@lemmy.ml
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    92 years ago

    It has the activitypub id of a post/comment. Clicking it brings you to the original instance where the item was posted. And if you want to fetch the item from another instance (eg on Mastodon), you need to use this link, the one from the browser window only works for local items. Honestly the UX isnt ideal yet.

    • @Thann@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 years ago

      I see, thanks for the info. There are some curiosities tho:

      1. It always seems to link to the post and not a comment.
      2. searching on mastodon for either the normal or fedilinks doesn’t return any results
      3. I made this comment from HO, but both the link and fedilink show lemmy.ml
  • mekhos
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    22 years ago

    Yes I think it’s indicating a federated source. When you say that it is not always the case I wonder if you refer to posts like this where the icon is shown despite the fact the community is based on lemmy.ml because in this examle you can hover over the image and notice that the image is actually hosted at “https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/...29879a4dbe.jpeg