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PresGas - BackupAtTheMoment1 @PresGas

Been thinking about linking to toots from posts. I want to link back to the toot to allow commenting; since the blog is public we want to allow others the ability to join a mastodon instance. Grow the community, yes? (1/2)

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PresGas - BackupAtTheMoment1 @PresGas

It looks like the best way to link to a toot from a blog is:

"instance.name/web/statuses/xxx
The "x"s being the toot identification number.

Creating the header: "Blah is a user on instance. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse. If you don't, you can sign up here.

Anyone see a better way to link back to a ? (2/2)

virtualice @CobaltVelvet

@PresGas the canonical link is this one: octodon.social/@PresGas/992578 (/@author/id)

it supports oembed and opengraph i think, so that external software can integrate it and show a clean preview. you could maybe find a plugin for your blog that can do that.

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