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That's what this does:
[Some text here]([email protected])
Tap the 'more' skinny hamburger menu just ~~above~~ below this message to 'view source' of the below:
blah blah blah links to [email protected]
Actually..better, here is one for an instance that is neither yours or the one you posted into:
That's perfect! Thank you :)
Yes it would be very convenient, right now if Iβm recommending a community I simply write out the URL manually to make sure it routes via the respective userβs instance first.
Edit Sorry I misunderstood. I believe you can link the community as a whole, but posts I don't believe you can.
There isn't a way at the moment. Solutions to this are being discussed on Github
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1048
Edit 2
Maybe you can't link a community either, I could have sworn I have seen it done but that could have just happened to be for my instance.
Edit 3
My testing please ignore :)
Once your Lemmy web frontend upgrades to version 0.18, the following should all auto-link with no extra syntax:
These should then all link to the instance you're currently on.
Note: because this is implemented in the frontend and does not change the underlying data, other Fediverse clients will not show these the same unless they also implement this themselves.
Nice, thanks for the info!
I thought it worked if you just linked /c/[email protected]
~~With the only caveat being that users on kbin will need /m/asklemmy.ml~~
With the only caveat being that users on kbin will need /m/[email protected]
I would normally test the crap out of these before posting since I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'm on my phone and mostly busy at the moment. Sorry if it doesn't work.
Kbin needs /m/[email protected] (domain is important) or a bit simpler is with an @ symbol in front: @asklemmy (note: the domain is here but kbin currently renders it without the domain -- that needs to be changed as it has potential to confuse and mislead)
Downside to the /m/[email protected] format is that it doesn't currently auto linkify. Gotta do [/m/[email protected]](/m/[email protected]) (/m/[email protected])
Hopefully kbin soon fixes the [email protected] syntax. It's currently broken. Once fixed, that should work for everyone.
Weirdly enough on kbin.social for me /m/asklemmy.ml link in the post worked for me
I'm the problem. As feared I fudged it up as I was rushing to type it up on my phone. As @CoderKat mentioned, the problem with typing it out as /m instead of using @, is that you have to manually enter the visible text in [ ] and the hyperlink in ( ). I got the hyperlink correct and beefed it on the visible text.