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.
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@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.
Edit: I don’t see a link when using Yoyager. Perhaps some clients don’t 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.