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.

    • @[email protected]
      4•1 year ago

      I also found this early discussion helpfull

      Solution

      Introduce a special format for instance agnostic links (called Lemmy links) that will be opened in the current instance:

      for posts: #[email protected]
for users: @[email protected]
for communities: [email protected]

      for comments: [email protected]

      This will open page at https://<instance>/post/1, https://lemmy.world/u/ruud, https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], https://lemmy.world/comment/1 respectively. It will not break existing links functionality as direct HTTP links are still supported.

      Bookmark the resource link (or mark this comment as saved on lemmy) for future reference

      • CommunityLinkFixerBotBEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected],

    • TWeaK
      1•1 year ago

      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/[email protected] - 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/[email protected]. 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
        2•1 year ago

        Thanks, /u/[email protected]

        Edit: I don’t see a link when using this method on Voyager or Jerboa, whereas @[email protected] does work. It seems Lemmy apps don’t support your way of doing it yet.

        • TWeaK
          1•1 year ago

          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
            2•1 year ago

            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
              1•1 year 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.