Threadiverse.link - Lemmy redirect service
This service is used for linking to Lemmy communities, users, posts etc. in a universal way. When you use this service, you give your users the option to view a community or a user profile on their preferred instance instead of going through a complicated process just to interact with the link.
How it works without this service:
- You link to a community (user, post), let's say wwdits@lemmings.world, using a link: https://lemmings.world/c/wwdits
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After the user clicks it, one of two things happens:
- They have an account on the same instance which means everything is fine and the link works, you're done.
- The user doesn't have an account on the same instance, so the process gets more complicated.
- The user has to open their own instance.
- The user has to copy the link.
- The user has to paste the link into a search bar on their own instance.
- The user has to click the link in search results.
How it works with this service:
- You link to the same community like this: https://threadiverse.link/c/wwdits@lemmings.world
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After the user clicks it, one of two things happens:
- If this isn't the first time the user is here, they will be redirected to their preferred instance.
- If this is the first time, the user is given the option to either set their own instance or to continue to the target instance.
- Done! Either way the user is on an instance, either one of their choice or on the one the community is hosted on if the user doesn't care.