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What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?


Let's say that you've visited a website and want to share it with your friends. At the bottom of the article is a list of popular sharing destinations - Facebook, BlueSky, LinkedIn, Telegram, Reddit, HackerNews etc. You click the relevant icon and get taken to the site with the sharing details pre-filled. The problem is, every different site has a different intent for sharing links and…

At the bottom of the article is a list of popular sharing destinations - Facebook, BlueSky, LinkedIn, Telegram, Reddit, HackerNews etc. ShareOpenly knows about most major social networks, as well as decentralized platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Known. It's slightly trickier for sites like Mastodon and BlueSky which only have a text sharing field and no separate URl.

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