Redirect users to origin instance when "escaping" the federation is not possible

[meljoann]

Describe the problem to be solved

A friend recently shared my channel link on Mastodon, but the link is to his own instance: https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/c/mustics@tv.gravitons.org/videos?s=1

I suppose because of federation, it shows the the amount of videos on my channel as zero.

Describe the solution you would like

When watching videos from remote instances on your instance, include a prominent link to the original instance. This might be a good fallback measure.

Alternatively, is there a way to fetch all the videos from the original instance?

[Chocobozzz]

Hi,

There's a link below the description when you're watching a remote video (Origin field): https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/4r2z1Ewy8aryE1tBChqL2B

Regarding your issue I think your friend search for your channel in the instance search bar, and copied the link. But thepolarbear instance doesn't allow "anonymous" users to "escape" from the federation (thepolarbear instance doesn't follow your instance/account/channels). It's the reason why anonymous users don't see your videos on this instance.

I suggest to automatically redirect users to the origin instance for this specific use case