I am not sure what is correct to put in kbin-core/issues without cluttering it up with somewhat speculative requests. I have no idea how to implement this or whether it is possible. So I will post here?

This is a response to issue
#635 - Editor support for autocompletion when a user types /m/, /c/, /u/, or @

@garrettw said:

After all of this I’m left with the distinct impression that a standardized link format is needed across the fediverse for any fediverse content.

I keep wishing for UUIDs or hashes or an internal link shortener or permalink something.

These are the same post on different instances:

It would be nice if it would have a unique ID like e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002 across the *verse. I can’t be the first person to think of this right? Why is ity either not a good idea, or not a viable idea?

I imagine 2 variations. I am not attached to any of the particulars… Just spitballing. What do you think?

  1. /local/uuid

/local/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002 - this link would bring the user to the post on the instance where you are viewing it.

So if someone writes in a comment:

check out [this post](/local/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002)!

and you are viewing it on beehaw, it renders like this:

<p>check out <a href="https://beehaw.org/post/6759290">this post</a>!</p>

if you are viewing it on kbin.social, it renders like this:

<p>check out <a href="https://kbin.social/m/firefox@fedia.io/t/237162">this post</a>!</p>
  1. /orig/uuid

On the other hand we need a way to link to the particular item as it appears “originally”. To do this, you could write:

check out [this post](/orig/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002)!

And irrespective of where you are looking at it, it will render like this:

<p>check out <a href="https://fedia.io/m/firefox/t/132144">this post</a>!</p>

I am not 100% sure if the correct behaviour for this is to link to the community home instance or the poster’s home instance? I went with community home but maybe there is argument for the other way, or for both.

  • elmicha@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand from where the user gets the uuid. If the links are rendered with these localized urls, how does a user know the uuid that he could post?

    • density@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      if you look under this comment or any post you see text that says “more”. there are 2 similar options there: “copy url” and “copy url to fediverse”.

      In my proposal, items along the lines of “copy local url” and “copy unique url” would be added to the above.

      I think the nomenclature “local url” and “unique url” needs some work tbh.