I click it and it goes to the post, but the link button already does that.
It goes to the post on its original instance
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Links to the post, but in the specific instance it's from. Try it with something from Lemmygrad
That's a pentacle, Usually a protective or binding ward. The button takes you to the original instance the poster is from, but its shaped like that to protect you from bad vibes.
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In particular, this button is useful if you want to view a post/comment which has embedded images from another instance. Hexbear's UI doesn't embed images hosted on other servers as a measure to prevent your browser from automatically contacting third party servers. Some Fediverse platforms attempt to cache all third-party media locally (like Mastodon, with enormous storage requirements) so your browser is only connecting to your home instance, but on Lemmy, images are normally hot-linked to their original instance.