When 0.18 started rolling out, I read that all Lemmy links would become universal, that you only need to start typing and it’ll auto fill a proper link, which will also work on instances where it’s not discovered.

But I’m not seeing anything? When I type !communityname, it still creates just the https link, which kicks you out of your instance. And to make a universal /c/ link, I still need to edit it manually. I’m not seeing autofill for c/ or /c/…

Also, if I do make a /c/ link, it still gives a 404 if your instance hasn’t discovered it yet.

So am I missing something, or did everything stay the same? (Or only on lemmy.world?)

Speaking of which, is it possible to make a universal link for a post?

I was working on a list of health communities and ran out of space. If I could remove half the links and all would still work, that would help. Never mind adding new links.

  • @WhoRogerOP
    1•1 year ago

    You can go to any community and the instance will discover it, but posts won’t show up until someone subscribe.

    I tested last night and still just got a couldnt_find_community

    But still a bit better than before I suppose, so thanks.

    • Meldrik
      1•1 year ago

      What does the actual link look like, that takes you to a community it couldn’t find?

        • Meldrik
          1•1 year ago

          https://lemmy.wtf/c/[email protected] works fine for me via my instance lemmy.wtf and I don’t think anyone from lemmy.wtf is subscribed to it.

          • @WhoRogerOP
            2•1 year ago

            But it shows content, so somebody probably is/was.

            Or maybe the difference is between 0.18 and 0.18.1.

            Ok nvm. I’ll try to catch the devs on Matrix. Thanks.