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How does one tag another user in a comment? (feddit.nl)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl to c/support@lemmy.world

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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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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You didn't type @Magrid@lemm.ee though, 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@instance then 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.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

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.