How does one tag another user in a comment?
How does one tag another user in a comment?
On Reddit, it's possible to tag a user bij adding a u/ before the username of some account.
Is that possible on Lemmy?
Edit: thanks everybody! These worked.
@username@instanceI 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: #1@lemmy.world for users: @ruud@lemmy.world for communities: !asklemmy@lemmy.mlfor comments: ~1@lemmy.world
This will open page at https://<instance>/post/1, https://lemmy.world/u/ruud, https://lemmy.world/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml, 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: !asklemmy@lemmy.ml,
You didn't type
@Magrid@lemm.eethough, 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@instancethen you will get an instance agnostic link, which will be in the viewer's instance. Eg /u/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl - 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/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl. 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/tweak@lemm.ee
Edit: I don't see a link when using this method on Voyager or Jerboa, whereas @TWeaK@lemm.ee does work. It seems Lemmy apps don't support your way of doing it yet.
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 formhttps://your_instance/u/user@their_instance, eg /u/tweak@lemm.ee, which you will see as https://feddit.nl/u/tweak@lemm.ee. This keeps the viewer in the instance they're logged into, so they can actually interact eg send a message.Typing
@user@their_instanceon its own doesn't create a link. If you start typing@userthen you'll get a dropdown box, however when you select that it creates a direct link in the formhttps://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:
[@UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl](https://feddit.nl/u/UnanimousStargazer)Which results in this link: @UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl
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@instanceand the instance will automatically create a link.eg /u/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl (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!
@username@instance.tld
Example @UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nlIf you use /u/ instead of the dropdown box you get an instance agnostic link. eg /u/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl
You're in lemmy.zip, so the link you see will be https://lemmy.zip/u/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl, which keeps you in your own instance so that you can message them, etc.
Just typing @UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl without selecting from the dropdown box does not create a link.
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Could be, but I can't check because you're also commenting on my OP. Could you retry commenting on another comment not written by me?Never mind: the mention worked.
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It's not @, you want to use /u/, eg
/u/user@their_instance. This creates an instance agnostic link where the viewer sees the user in their own instance, where they're logged in, so they can message you. When you hover over it sayshttps://your_instance/u/user@their_instance. The source of the comment has no link structure, the viewer's instance creates the link, so long as it's on version 0.18 or newer.The confusion is that when you start typing you get a popup window where you can select the username. However this creates a direct link with text
@user@their_instancebut the link ishttps://their_instance/u/user. When you view source you see a full link created as[@user@their_instance](https://their_instance/u/user).Hopefully in a future version they'll fix the drop down box to create agnostic links. It seems like they overlooked that in the 0.18 update.