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1. Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 09:34:08 JST Simon Willison

   • mhoye

   OK, I have a somewhat baffling (to me) Mastodon question. How do I link to a thread?

   I want to link to a fantastic thread by @mhoye - but if I link to the first post in that thread - https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/111335603309582734 - I get a page with a single post on it and other people's replies, with no indication it's part of a larger thread from the same author

   Am I missing something here?

   • Snowshadow (snowshadow@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 09:33:57 JST Snowshadow

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     • Fedi.Tips 🎄
     • mhoye

     @simon @mhoye

     Try sending your question to @feditips
     They even answer personal messages/questions.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 09:34:39 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @Snowshadow @simon @mhoye

     What you linked to doesn't look like a thread? It seems to just be a single post?

     If you want to build a thread, post something and then reply to that post to add the next part of the thread. That way, when anyone links to any part of the thread, they will see all the other posts in the thread above and below it.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 12:05:40 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @simon @Snowshadow @mhoye

     Ahh okay! I see.

     Weirdly, if I go to the second post and then click on the first post it does display the thread correctly. But then if I refresh the page it goes back to the isolated post.

     Does seem like a bug, yes.

     You were linking correctly, it does normally work fine. This seems like some kind of freak rare bug? It's definitely not normal behaviour.

   • Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 12:05:42 JST Simon Willison

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     • Fedi.Tips 🎄
     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @feditips @Snowshadow @mhoye that's the bug: it's definitely a thread!

     You can see that it's a thread if you follow this link to the second post in that thread: https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/111336017090790537

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 12:09:35 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @simon @Snowshadow @mhoye

     p.s. But then... weirdly, if I paste the URL into the search box to make it appear within my own server, the thread renders fine!

     I'm guessing this is some kind of rare database corruption or something? Never seen it before.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 12:14:02 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @simon @Snowshadow @mhoye

     Does sound similar.

     It sounds intermittent though, as clicking on the link in that bug report renders its thread correctly?

   • Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 12:14:03 JST Simon Willison

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     • Fedi.Tips 🎄
     • mhoye
     • Snowshadow

     @feditips @Snowshadow @mhoye I think it's this bug here https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/24676