Yeah the crosspost feature is important if you want it to show up in multiple communities. That allows clients to filter out the duplicates if the user wants it that way.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You don't technically need to use the actual cross-post button. What matters is that the url being linked is the same.

That's how articles and youtube videos, even when posted separately by different people, get linked up as cross-posts.

Some clients, (like Thunder) allow you to jump between all the different cross-posts so you can see all their comments.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

True but for image posts i dont know how that would work in a noob friendly intuitive way.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

If you grab the image url, and re-use it instead of uploading the image again to get a new link, it works.

[–] aneirin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah this is already a little beyond me. I hope someone simplifies the whole system before too long because I'd love to drop reddit for good.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just ignore what this nerd said (ily MentalEdge). Its like cross posting on reddit. You press the cross post button, select the community you want to crosspost to and hit send. Just read the rules but that is also nothing new.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Using the button will always work, so just do that if nothing else.