Why YSK: right now, Lemmy’s autocomplete for the !community syntax isn’t working correctly.

It will appear to work, like so:

But the link produced will redirect you away from your home instance and leave you unable to vote/subscribe…

To fix this issue, you’ll need to manually edit the autocompleted link like so:

BAD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/youshouldknow)

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Remove the domain (i.e.: https://lemmy.world) & append the @ identifier (i.e.: @lemmy.world)

GOOD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](/c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world)

Removing the domain like this transforms it into a local link which prevents the instance redirection. Doing this will make it easier for newcomers to join your community and participate in discussions!

Those interested can monitor Github issues #369 & #1048 for when this UI bug is fixed!

  • aMalayali@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Cool

    Is there any way to link to posts like this?
    Found that crossposting does not provide a instance neutral link.

    • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, no. For posts/comments, there’s currently no way to create cross-instance permalinks. You can follow progress on fixing that issue via Github #2987.