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How do you tag users in a post who are from different instances? (self.pixelfed)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by stormio to c/[email protected]

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When creating a post, how do you tag users who are on different instances? For example, I'm creating a post on pixelfed.ca and I want to tag someone on pxlfd.ca. The tagging menu seems to only show users in the local instance. In the comments section, I have no problems mentioning users in other instances.

===Update - Apr 29, 2025===

I found a comment from dansup in issue 5885 on the Pixelfed GitHub. The inability to tag users on other instances is by design.

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[–] stormio 1 points 12 hours ago

I found a comment from dansup in issue 5885 on the Pixelfed GitHub. The inability to tag users on other instances is by design.

I edited my post to include this info.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't you just type @user@instance

So if I want to tag my pixelfed account here, I would type:

@[email protected]

[–] stormio 2 points 1 month ago

Nope, it doesn't work. I can manually type your username into the search box, but nothing appears. To be clear, I'm talking about tagging someone in a picture, not a comment. If it makes a difference, I'm using the Pixelfed website, not an app.