I hadn’t gone exploring through the settings till now. You can add a share button for your instance by going to Settings > Sharing > Add sharing method. After that you just paste in your instance URL (ex. https://lemmy.ca for me). The steps are the same for both Lemmy and Mastodon

Makes it much easier to share content here :)

As for the setting I was looking for, press “J” to jump to the next article

  • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
    201·
    6 months ago

    So, just to split hairs: Lemmy is a link aggregator, so it’s really better suited for this than Mastodon by design. BTW, please don’t make Mastodon a linkdump (I use that more than Lemmy) 🙂

    Also, if you’re using a feed reader and Lemmy for news, then yes. There will be duplicates, but that is pretty much a problem in your setup, isn’t it? Can’t really fault either app for it.

    All that said, I completely agree that just posting an URL without context or comment is unhelpful on any social platform. It’s always good to know what has motivated someone else to share a news item (especially in politics and other sports!).

    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de
      3·
      6 months ago

      Hmmh. I think I sometimes forget that ‘link aggregator’ is also in the title. Maybe I’m just not the type for a link aggregator. But nonetheless I use (and like) this platform. It may very well be the case that I’m using it wrong. And a “social” link/news aggregator is yet another thing than one without the “social”. So maybe I’m right because it isn’t social without the engagement.

      I mean we’re not Hacker News or Reddit either. And in the end I like diversity. I think it’s more a “me”-problem. And the correct solution is: I get a tool to hide or mark empty posts. That’d allow people to do it and me not being bothered by it if I don’t like.

      • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I also agree that Lemmy (largely in imitation of Reddit) skews more social than just a link aggregator, so I’m not arguing you personally are doing it wrong. Tbh it feels more like an “everything forum”, but like I said — splitting hairs. That’s engagement, too 🙂

        A tool or algorithm that hides or just deprioritises empty posts would certainly be useful, maybe even as a core feature in future releases of Lemmy?

        For my part, I’d like to be able to hide posts based on the source URL [cough, screenrant, cough], same as blocking users or whole instances. Little, user-level filters like that could make a big difference in the individual experience.

        • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          Honestly, I’ve shifted my attention towards PieFed during the last few days. I’m not waiting for the Lemmy devs to do it. Piefed the same Fediverse, just a different server software. Sadly not yet feature-complete or an equal competitor to Lemmy… And it has a long way to go… But the developer is much more progressive, open to new features… And it’s written in Python so I could do it myself. And I will most likely do it. (And since this sounds like an advertisement: There are still some (lots of) rough edges in that project. Quite some things are missing and for example a phone app isn’t even on the roadmap as of today.)

          • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            Interesting, not the first recommendation I’ve had of Piefed. And in your case, choosing a platform.where you can actively contribute is …really the way it should be. Direct and active influence on tools used.