[Feature request] Add a “view on remote instance” option for fediverse posts

[mikix]

Sometimes it is useful to view a fediverse post on its own server. (You get to see all replies, not just the ones your server sees. You may see some features that your own server doesn’t support — like misskey emojis but you’re on mastodon.)

There is a workaround - I can currently achieve this on iOS by clicking the three dots popup for a post, clicking Share, clicking Share Link, then choosing my browser as the share target. Not entirely intuitive to “share” to myself, is a bunch of clicks, and opens in a separate app rather than an inline view - so I still think a more direct link that also kept you inside Flare would be nice.

This is not the most critical feature, so I understand maybe not wanting to clutter the UI. But I find it occasionally useful.

(I’m using a Sharkey server via Flare’s misskey support on iOS)

[mikix]

Actually, this feature is also very useful on profile pages too. And there isn’t an in app workaround for that right now.

The reason it’s so useful there is you might be looking at a user that your instance doesn’t know much about so you can’t see their full post history (if you’re trying to answer the question “should I follow them?”). But if you can view their profile on the remote instance, you can see their full content (like you would if you followed them).