It seems like when I press it it does the same thing that

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does, but looks cooler?

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    It means that the post comes from a Lemmy instance that isn't your home instance. The link takes you to that instance. Or at least it does that on the main page. On comments? No idea.

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Some quick testing suggests that for comments it's a direct link to that comment exactly, while the chain icon is a link to the context.