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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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I also found this early discussion helpfull
Solution
Introduce a special format for instance agnostic links (called Lemmy links) that will be opened in the current instance:
for posts: #[email protected] for users: @[email protected] for communities: [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])for comments: ~[email protected]
This will open page at https:///post/1, https://lemmy.world/u/ruud, https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], https://lemmy.world/comment/1 respectively. It will not break existing links functionality as direct HTTP links are still supported.
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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected],
You didn't type @[email protected] though, you started typing and selected the dropdown box link. This creates a direct link to the user's instance, which isn't great.
If you type /u/username@instance then you will get an instance agnostic link, which will be in the viewer's instance. Eg /u/[email protected] - if you click View Source then you will see I did not type a link, yet when you hover over it the URL (for you) is https://lemm.ee/u/[email protected]. With an instance agnostic link you stay in your instance and see a federated version of the user's page, which allows you to do things like message them.
Thanks, /u/[email protected]
Edit: I don't see a link when using this method on Voyager or Jerboa, whereas @[email protected] does work. It seems Lemmy apps don't support your way of doing it yet.
Edit: I donβt see a link when using Yoyager. Perhaps some clients donβt support this?
Could be. It's all new here innit.
I'm also not sure that the /u/ link generates a mention. Or if Lemmy even has mentions that alert the user, rather than just replies.
I think the @user@instance tag does. If you check your inbox under mentions, you should see a notification for that but not for /u/user@instance.
Yeah, really they should all function the same way. /u/ should give a mention, and typing @user@instance should automatically create a link - without the dropdown box or full link code.
I know I've comment-vomited all over this thread, but I just want to comment once more so that OP gets it:
The best form is /u/user@their_instance. This creates an instance agnostic link of the form https://your_instance/u/user@their_instance, eg /u/[email protected], which you will see as https://feddit.nl/u/[email protected]. This keeps the viewer in the instance they're logged into, so they can actually interact eg send a message.
Typing @user@their_instance on its own doesn't create a link. If you start typing @user then you'll get a dropdown box, however when you select that it creates a direct link in the form https://their_instance/u/user, which takes you to their instance, which you might not be logged into.
OK, interesting. There are multiple ways apparently.
If you start typing
@userthen you'll get a dropdown box,
If one uses the web-interface. But who uses the web-interface. It's slow and clunky. A client is much faster.
Depends on your instance. Over at lemm.ee, the web version is arguably better than Jerboa, for example. However our lead admin sets things up just so, and includes various mods he made and pushes into the main code stack.
Also, I'm not sure if the instance agnostic links give you a mention. The devs really need to tie all this together, with mentions for the agnostic links, and auto-generated links with @user@instance so you don't have to type out the full link code.
Plot twist: Both your client and the website use web interfaces. The difference is the client uses Electron Chrome instead of Firefox/chrome browser.
I'm on lemmy.world and the autosuggestion offers me this code:
[@[email protected]](https://feddit.nl/u/UnanimousStargazer)
Which results in this link: @[email protected]
Even in the pre-0.18 versions of lemmy, you could use [link text](/u/user@instance) for an instance agnostic link. Now, you can just type /u/user@instance and the instance will automatically create a link.
eg /u/[email protected] (click view source to see the source does not have any link structure)
Your version will take people out of their instance and to feddit.nl.
Incidentally, if you select the username from the dropdown box that pops up when you type, then you get a direct link like yours, which is kind of crap.
Thanks for the info!
@[email protected]
Example @[email protected]
If you use /u/ instead of the dropdown box you get an instance agnostic link. eg /u/[email protected]
You're in lemmy.zip, so the link you see will be https://lemmy.zip/u/[email protected], which keeps you in your own instance so that you can message them, etc.
Just typing @[email protected] without selecting from the dropdown box does not create a link.
As far as I know using /u/[email protected] doesn't ping.
Yeah they need to tie it all together. Dropdown box links should be instance agnostic, typing @user@instance should create a link, and all user links should ping.
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