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PSA: How to link users & communities so it doesn't break for other instances (lemmy.reckless.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all!

So, I'm assuming everyone has seen links like https://beehaw.org/c/news and clicked through to find it doesn't work right because it's a different site (I'm assuming a different instance here).

Well, I just stumbled across an interesting feature: if you enter a link in the following format, it works for everyone regardless of instance of origin:

[News](/c/[email protected])

News

[My User](/u/[email protected])

My User

You're welcome!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This trick only works on Lemmy, because it relies on Lemmy's URL structure. Kbin uses a different URL structure.