On reddit I could do something like r/subname and it would just work. How do I do that on Lemmy?
If your instance is running version 0.18 you can type /c/[email protected] to link to this sub.
So
/c/community.I’m not completely sure but i think [email protected]
!communityname@example.comHere’s a clickable example for this community:
I think Lemmy needs to take a page from Reddit’s book and automatically link communities with something like “c/asklemmy”
This would only possible for the current instance, though. Since Lemmy is a federated service it is relevant to always provide the instance URL, too. Not everyone uses [email protected] at lemmy.ml.
I don’t know why the bang syntax exists or how it’s different, but you can use the /c/ syntax for this too. It would just become /c/[email protected].
I don’t know why the bang syntax exists or how it’s different
Maybe because of the success of Mastodon using
@username@example.com(which basically is the combination of the common practice of other social media networks using@usernameand the e-mail style ofusername@domain). With!community@example.comit is made clear that the URL refers to a community and not an user.It’s just easier to write
!foo@barinstead of building an URL using some sort of path.
A feature similar to RES, maybe one that pulls from your subscriptions, would be nice. Start typing the name of a community and it suggests some autofill options formatted in a way that folks from other instances can click on it easily.
Or your federated instances
Soo to test [email protected]
!<community-name>@<instance-hosting-the-community>
I think something like that. But these links should be recognized only by Lemmy apps. If you meant a link you can share that would be basically the URL in your browser when navigating that community.
There is also some “userscripts” that will help make community link “clickable”.
Sorry for the poor response I’m not entirely sure how everything works either.
[email protected] works if you want to post it here for people to click on.
