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

EDIT/UPDATE: Recent versions of lemmy make this even easier by allowing turning the !instance format into a relative link to your instance. For example [email protected]. However when you do this, don't use the auto-fill option which turns it into a markdown link, as that will break this functionality.

When you link to another community on lemmy with a absolute link like so Div/0 this links to that community directly from that instance's domain. This means users who follow that link from other instances, will not be able to comment or subscribe. They will have to go back and edit their URL manually to workaround this.

If you instead link to a community using a relative link like so Div/0 it will lead them to the community using their own instance as a mediator, allowing them to interact with it naturally.

The source for the above relative link is like this [Div/0](/c/[email protected]). So basically just add only the /c/... part and ensure your instance's domain is at the end

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

Unfortunately I haven't found a way to relativelink to specific posts yet as their IDs change from instance to instance.

Likewise, I haven't found a way to relative link to another instance when putting it in a new posts' URL

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lemmy now also supports [email protected] links ![community]@[instance] which get changed to your home instance automatically

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Is that in 0.18.0 already?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mean is my link linked to you? I just entered the text, no manual linking :D

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

But lemm.ee is running 0.18.1 is my point

EDIT: oh right, I see what you mean noiw. yes it works!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

But you're on lemmy.dbzer0.com is my point :D

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

yes yes it works, ignore me

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

Are there any tools that help with this, when relative links haven't been used? Like a browser plugin that would help redirect back to one's own instance?

Or is there a way to hack the url to get to a specific post within a community through one's own instance?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No but I'm sure these tools will start appearing soon

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

To get a url through your own instance paste the full url in your instance search

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

They work fine on the browser, but for now relative links don't work in Jerboa. I'd assume they don't work for people connecting through Mastodon or other software either.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

ye, looks like plenty of spaces to improve UIs all around. I think we don't particularly need to worry about people browsing from mastodon too much, whereas it's a big improvement when browsing via lemmy.

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