Fedv.link – a way to share Mastodon links that can be interacted with
One of the great, defining characteristics of the Fediverse is that it is on numerous, autonomous servers that all work together. You can follow other users on other servers — but sharing links to profiles and posts can be tedious. You can view the content on the origin server, but you need to be on the server hosting your account to boost, favorite, or follow. Much like how the mailto: link opens your preferred email application to let you email anyone, fedv.link links are designed to easily open ActivityPub posts and profiles in the end user's preferred server.
Fedv.link – a way to share Mastodon links that can be interacted with launched on July 13, 2024 with 13 votes, #1,242 of 5,184 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Fedv.link enables sharing Mastodon profiles and posts through standardized links that open in each user's preferred Fediverse server, similar to how mailto: links work with email. Users can view content across servers but must switch to their home server to interact with posts. Fedv.link links automatically redirect users to their own server, making it easier to boost, favorite, or follow content without manual server switching.
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One of the great, defining characteristics of the Fediverse is that it is on numerous, autonomous servers that all work together. You can follow other users on other servers — but sharing links to profiles and posts can be tedious. You can view the content on the origin server, but you need to be on the server hosting your account to boost, favorite, or follow. Much like how the mailto: link opens your preferred email application to let you email anyone, fedv. link links are designed to easily open ActivityPub posts and profiles in the end user's preferred server. As above, just prepend your ActivityPub link with https://fedv.link/ . We'll do the rest. Note - this has only been tested…from fedv.link
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