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Is there a way to make instance-agnostic links? (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there a way to make a link to a community of a foreign instance that opens on the instance of the user that clicks on it?

For example, I would like to make a link to [email protected] that, when a user of bar.com clicks on it, opens https://bar.com/c/[email protected] instead of https://foo.com/c/some_community.

If it's not possible, don't you think it would be convenient?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's what this does:

[Some text here]([email protected])

Tap the 'more' skinny hamburger menu just ~~above~~ below this message to 'view source' of the below:

blah blah blah links to [email protected]

Actually..better, here is one for an instance that is neither yours or the one you posted into:

blay harg vlar

[–] gingerman 1 points 2 years ago

Should these links work? I'm viewing this thread from Lemmy.ca and both give me a 404 error. When testing with jerboa, the app crashes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes it would be very convenient, right now if I’m recommending a community I simply write out the URL manually to make sure it routes via the respective user’s instance first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Once your Lemmy web frontend upgrades to version 0.18, the following should all auto-link with no extra syntax:

These should then all link to the instance you're currently on.

Note: because this is implemented in the frontend and does not change the underlying data, other Fediverse clients will not show these the same unless they also implement this themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nice, thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'd like to know too. I was hoping it would be something simple like [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) which would resolve for everyone. Didn't work when I tried it, though I might not have done it correctly.

EDIT: I guess I could try again here [email protected]

EDIT2: Nope: That link goes to https://lemmy.world/post/[[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) for me, which is not valid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That link crashes jerboa lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Edit Sorry I misunderstood. I believe you can link the community as a whole, but posts I don't believe you can.

There isn't a way at the moment. Solutions to this are being discussed on Github

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1048

Edit 2

Maybe you can't link a community either, I could have sworn I have seen it done but that could have just happened to be for my instance.

Edit 3

My testing please ignore :)

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