It points to the lemmy instance the post has been published on. It is useful if you want to share a generic link to a post with someone and maybe don’t want to share the information on what instance you created your account on, because the other permalink button always references to the instance of your account.
Lemmy is divided in all connected servers or instances, where they host their own communities. The button brings you to the webpage where the post is being hosted on, if its different from the server you are connected to.
It links to the original server that the user posted on. It can be very useful for navigating around the fediverse. However I will say I don’t use it all that much.
I still don’t understand what it is or why is there…
It points to the lemmy instance the post has been published on. It is useful if you want to share a generic link to a post with someone and maybe don’t want to share the information on what instance you created your account on, because the other permalink button always references to the instance of your account.
Good to know! Thanks!
Ohhh! So, if I’m understanding correctly, I can share that link to another… Instance? And it cuts me, the middleman, out of the link chain, kind of?
Exactly!
Lemmy is divided in all connected servers or instances, where they host their own communities. The button brings you to the webpage where the post is being hosted on, if its different from the server you are connected to.
At the start I thought it was the darkmode switch, weirdly prominent way to show that…
It links to the original server that the user posted on. It can be very useful for navigating around the fediverse. However I will say I don’t use it all that much.
It is a direct link to a specific comment.