It’s pretty cluttered with all those Mastodon instances. Would be nice if there was one Mastodon button and your browser remembered the instance you were sharing with.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

This is a use case for a browser extension imo. never understood the point of having share buttons built in to a site, esp for services I don't use.

With an extension the user has a smoother, customizable UI - and no need for the web developer to do anything except provide a shareable url.

[–] mac@infosec.pub 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The issue with an extension ls is it requires an install, getting everyone to install one extension is a hard task.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It might help to have the extension developed/endorsed by mastodon and to have all mastodon instances subtly nagging you to install it.

Also this is only needed for desktop, on mobile web sites can use the OS's built in share functionality through the web share api

[–] mac@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah however for mass adoption this is a terrible idea, there is already the extra step to choose an instance versus a regular social media that is just one link and one button.

I know for people like you and I choosing an instance isn't that big of a deal, nor is an extra extension (though i try to use as few as possible) but for a regular user it might cause issues.

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