I hadn’t gone exploring through the settings till now. You can add a share button for your instance by going to Settings > Sharing > Add sharing method. After that you just paste in your instance URL (ex. https://lemmy.ca for me). The steps are the same for both Lemmy and Mastodon
Makes it much easier to share content here :)
As for the setting I was looking for, press “J” to jump to the next article
So, just to split hairs: Lemmy is a link aggregator, so it’s really better suited for this than Mastodon by design. BTW, please don’t make Mastodon a linkdump (I use that more than Lemmy) 🙂
Also, if you’re using a feed reader and Lemmy for news, then yes. There will be duplicates, but that is pretty much a problem in your setup, isn’t it? Can’t really fault either app for it.
All that said, I completely agree that just posting an URL without context or comment is unhelpful on any social platform. It’s always good to know what has motivated someone else to share a news item (especially in politics and other sports!).
Hmmh. I think I sometimes forget that ‘link aggregator’ is also in the title. Maybe I’m just not the type for a link aggregator. But nonetheless I use (and like) this platform. It may very well be the case that I’m using it wrong. And a “social” link/news aggregator is yet another thing than one without the “social”. So maybe I’m right because it isn’t social without the engagement.
I mean we’re not Hacker News or Reddit either. And in the end I like diversity. I think it’s more a “me”-problem. And the correct solution is: I get a tool to hide or mark empty posts. That’d allow people to do it and me not being bothered by it if I don’t like.
I also agree that Lemmy (largely in imitation of Reddit) skews more social than just a link aggregator, so I’m not arguing you personally are doing it wrong. Tbh it feels more like an “everything forum”, but like I said — splitting hairs. That’s engagement, too 🙂
A tool or algorithm that hides or just deprioritises empty posts would certainly be useful, maybe even as a core feature in future releases of Lemmy?
For my part, I’d like to be able to hide posts based on the source URL [cough, screenrant, cough], same as blocking users or whole instances. Little, user-level filters like that could make a big difference in the individual experience.
Honestly, I’ve shifted my attention towards PieFed during the last few days. I’m not waiting for the Lemmy devs to do it. Piefed the same Fediverse, just a different server software. Sadly not yet feature-complete or an equal competitor to Lemmy… And it has a long way to go… But the developer is much more progressive, open to new features… And it’s written in Python so I could do it myself. And I will most likely do it. (And since this sounds like an advertisement: There are still some (lots of) rough edges in that project. Quite some things are missing and for example a phone app isn’t even on the roadmap as of today.)
Interesting, not the first recommendation I’ve had of Piefed. And in your case, choosing a platform.where you can actively contribute is …really the way it should be. Direct and active influence on tools used.