Do you know if there is an equivalent for linking posts and comments? Haven't found a solution for those yet.
No, I don't think there is a way currently, the best solution is just to link it on the instance you are on, don't think there is a way to do it across instances
This is kind of an annoying feature of this website, like I don't want to create a separate account just to check out another community? It can't get ported here?
You don't have to create a separate account to participate.
If you click the "News" and "My User" links above, they open content from beehaw.org and reckless.dev inside whatever Lemmy server you're curerntly using. Your account is on lemmy.world, so I'm assuming that's where you're browsing. Note the first URL becomes https://lemmy.world/c/news@beehaw.org.
Now view this post on beehaw.org and look at News link. It's https://beehaw.org/c/news@beehaw.org instead.
This post is about how to format links to communities and accounts so they're transformed that way.
While I understand the benefits of ferated servers, I think the inherently fragmented nature of the infrastructure is the biggest hurdle to the adoption of (for e.g.) Lemmy and Mastodon as replacements for Reddit and Twitter.
There is an extra layer of complexity, and the less tech-savvy users who want a simple process to follow diverse communities across many instances are going to run into issues. That group likely comprises the vast majority of potential users.
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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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New Communities
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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules may be more established as time goes on, but it's important to have a foundation to work on.
1. Follow the rules of Lemmy.world - These rules are the same as Mastodon.world's rules, which can be found here.
2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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