The previous post’s instructions you may have seen here has been simplified! Follow the steps below:

  1. Go to “More,”

  2. Click on “Copy Mbin URL”, or, if that doesn’t work, (usually because it’s a comment or a federated post), click on “Copy Original URL”.

(On Lemmy, these are the share icon and Fediverse icon respectively. Right click on them and select ‘copy link’ on your web browser.)

  1. Paste it into your home instance’s search bar, and

  2. Click on reply on your home instance. You will be directed to the correct thread, or a thread will be created for you.

Bonus tip 1: On your home instance (probably Mastodon), there is usually a hamburger, or triple-dotted menu that will allow you to take you to the original post on the origin server.

Bonus tip 2: On Mastodon it’s called “Open Original Page.”

Bonus tip 3: Yes, the four steps can be done on any thread, or comment, posted here on Mbin from your home server, like Mastodon, if you were wondering.

Bonus tip 4: You should remember these tips, because you’ll see this phrase a lot on the Fediverse:

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

Bonus tip 5: If you need to mention someone, do it in the comments.

Lemmy users should still just search for !CPCSupport@fedia.io and post that way.

Getting Lemmy users to notice you (outside comments)