Sorry, just realised you asked about linking to a post and not a community!

I actually can’t remember how that works on web, on the app Voyager that link works fine. Will check it out when I get on my laptop.

You can use the !community@instance.ex syntax :)

You only need the one account, you don’t need to sign into other instances.

There can be some weirdness on the web version where if someone uses the wrong type of link then you maybe redirected away and can’t interact as you’re not logged in.

For example:

✅ !casualuk@feddit.uk

❌ https://feddit.uk/c/casualuk

The admins have a long history of banning people across the entire instance who are critical of China, North Korea, Cuba etc. That said, you should be fine and if you’re happy with the instance then there’s no reason to move. Some users like to make a bigger deal out if it than it really is.

The “ml” in the domain is supposed to represent “Marxist Lennist” which the ideology the instance is aimed at.

Interesting, thanks!

I was the same, I ended up deleting Sync to force myself to use Voyager.

Everyone strives for 5 9s, but musk aims for two 8s.

I’ve started watching Severance due to the constant nagging from my mate. Binged it and just finished S02E02. Brilliant show (so far)!

The biggest UX issues, in my opinion, is the process of choosing an instance and content discovery.

When you go to “join lemmy”, rather than choosing a username, you’re presented a big list of instances, and you have no idea what that means and what it means for your experience if you choose one. Even though in reality it doesn’t really matter, just having the list paraylyses the user as it’s not a process they’re used to. Users are likely asking themselves:

• Am I going to miss out on content from other instances?
• Do I need an account per instance to interact with their communities?

Sometimes I think it would be best if we could have some kind of read-only instance people can create an account on and get stuck in first, then choose an instance to sign up to once they understand it. The instance would be locked down so they couldn’t create any communities. So basically when they they’re directed to join-lemmy and go to sign up, they create an account on that instance right away and get started.

On the discovery front, a potential idea would be to allow communities to have a specific category tags field. When a user signs up, the host instance could have a page that they’re directed to (this would be controlled by the instance, so they wouldn’t have to have it enabled) which lets the users pick some topics they’re interested in and can then subscribe to the communities right away.

I think it’s just the colours for the peertube one. I like that it’s three individual play icons to signify the federation aspect, but the colours are just dull.