Let’s say:

  • I am on instance A.
  • I browse on a community that is on instance B
  • a user from instance C post something on that community B.

Now i want to share a link to this post. Which instance should i pick?

  • A my home instance
  • B the community
  • C the post author
  • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
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    9 hours ago

    More confirmation that C is the canonical URL. Check the <head> section in the HTML (bottom of the screenshot)

    Remember that posts belong to users, the community only does a retweet/boost of the post.

    More info: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1418

    This is why it’s the link provided by the fediverse icon on Lemmy, and the “View original on…” link in PieFed. On Mbin it’s the “Open/Copy original URL”