[Feature request] Open as a different user (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca

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I'd like to see an option to open a particular post as a different user. Mastodon clients have this and I find it pretty handy.

ie. Clicking the menu on a post should have "open as" which then lets you select one of your other logged in identities, and switches back to the post from that account.

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[-] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 0 points 3 months ago

I don't think this is possible

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Should be. I know the URLs don't match up, but you can do a search for (what Connect shows as) "Lemmy link" from another instance.

So you would;

Get the "Lemmy link" from the opened post (this is the URL of the original post)
Switch to the other user
Do a search/lookup for that URL
Display it

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

I was trying this manually from Connect, but it looks like searching for a URL doesn't work through the search interface there, so I can't test it. Should work though, as those searches are OK through the web interface.

[-] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 1 points 3 months ago

The URLs Don't match, not even the post id's are the same. This would be a big point of failure. Especially when its on different instances. The steps you made have the key issue in step 3, thats not possible.

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is possible.

Search for the "Lemmy link" URL. Works on the web interface, no reason why it won't work through the API too: (it's the same theory as doing community lookups)

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