Show HN: Fedv.link – a way to share Mastodon links that can be interacted with

[jaredwiener]

https://fedv.link

One of the great, defining characteristics of the Fediverse is that it is on numerous, autonomous servers that all work together. You can follow other users on other servers — but sharing links to profiles and posts can be tedious. You can view the content on the origin server, but you need to be on the server hosting your account to boost, favorite, or follow.

Much like how the mailto: link opens your preferred email application to let you email anyone, fedv.link links are designed to easily open ActivityPub posts and profiles in the end user's preferred server.

[toomuchtodo]

This is really well done. What do you have planned for this beyond what you’ve built so far?

[jaredwiener → toomuchtodo]

Not sure yet!

This was a little afternoon project. I’d love to maybe make this a browser extension to find links in the wild, but am open to ideas/suggestions

[8organicbits]

Amazing execution, this is so simple!

[jaredwiener → 8organicbits]

Thank you!

[KomoD]

> but sharing links to profiles and posts can be tedious

Not really?

> but you need to be on the server hosting your account to boost, favorite, or follow.

And if you click one of those it'll allow you to enter your home server and it'll redirect.

steps:

1. someone gives me a link

2. i click it (i can instantly view the profile/post)

3. i click favorite

4. i enter my home server

5. redirected to home server

With yours:

1. someone gives me a fedv.link

2. i click it

3. it brings me to a page that says continue or set preferred server

if i continue then it doesn't bring me to my home server, so

4. i click set preferred server

5. i need to enter my home server

6. i need to go back to step 2 because it doesn't redirect me, i just stay on that page.

[jaredwiener → KomoD]

But if you set your home server once, then it will just redirect.

[KomoD → jaredwiener]

Sure, for one visitor, but every visitor has to go through that, I'd suggest at least changing so it redirects them after they set the preferred server so they don't have to go back