PSA: How to link users & communities so it doesn't break for other instances (lemmy.reckless.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by Barbarian@lemmy.reckless.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all!

So, I'm assuming everyone has seen links like https://beehaw.org/c/news and clicked through to find it doesn't work right because it's a different site (I'm assuming a different instance here).

Well, I just stumbled across an interesting feature: if you enter a link in the following format, it works for everyone regardless of instance of origin:

[News](/c/news@beehaw.org)

News

[My User](/u/barbarian@lemmy.reckless.dev)

My User

You're welcome!

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[-] Barbarian@lemmy.reckless.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can confirm bang-prefixed is broken, c-prefixed works. At least from the website UI.

[-] Kurt@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy is the only on that works for me on Jerboa. Even then it kicks me over to Firefox. Cc priorproject@lemmy.world

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