Some websites block lemmy.ml links, for example Facebook as you can see in the screenshot below.

I dont know if this is because of the .ml domain (which is free and might be used by spammers), or because they are scared of Lemmy. Anyway, this doesnt mean that it is impossible to share content from lemmy.ml on Facebook or other sites, thanks to federation there is a relatively easy workaround:

  1. Find another Lemmy instance, ideally one that is relevant to your audience
  2. Copy the lemmy.ml link, and paste it into the search field of your chosen instance
  3. You should get a search result for the post, comment, community or user, click on it
  4. Copy the link and share!

There are a few caveats though: In the case of a post, comments and votes will be missing. You can fetch comments in the same way through the search. The other instance will also not receive any new posts/comments/votes made in the community, unless a user from the remote instance is following the lemmy.ml community.

The easiest way to avoid these problems is for you to make an account on the other instance and follow the community from it. Then every post/comment/vote will be delivered to the other instance, and the community should look identical on both instances.

  • ghost_laptop
    15·
    4 years ago

    Is there a specific reason for you to use the .ml domain? Have you considered changing to something else (.social would be nice since Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, Peertube and BookWyrm official instances use it)?

    • DessalinesMA
      183·
      4 years ago

      Its just a free domain, like .tk or .gq. I’m just pretty staunch about not paying for a domain name, they add no value whatsoever, and buying them feels like acquiescing to the digital enclosure of the commons.

      • Helix
        11·
        4 years ago

        Sometimes, .tk and others extort you for money in the long run. If you don’t pay for the product, it may consume you instead. Had a .tk domain where they disabled DNS after inserting their own porn ads, which I blocked in JS.

          • Helix
            6·
            4 years ago

            oh, I even forgot to mention they emailed me after the fact and made an “offer” I can get my domain back for about 8€ a month.

      • fakefunk
        7·
        3 years ago

        they add no value whatsoever

        If they don’t get blocked automatically, I guess that’s some value?

    • nutomicOPMA
      13·
      4 years ago

      I would like to use lemmy.social, but iirc it was either already taken or crazy expensive to buy.