Why YSK: right now, Lemmy’s autocomplete for the !community syntax isn’t working correctly.

It will appear to work, like so:

But the link produced will redirect you away from your home instance and leave you unable to vote/subscribe…

To fix this issue, you’ll need to manually edit the autocompleted link like so:

BAD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/youshouldknow)

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Remove the domain (i.e.: https://lemmy.world) & append the @ identifier (i.e.: @lemmy.world)

GOOD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](/c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world)

Removing the domain like this transforms it into a local link which prevents the instance redirection. Doing this will make it easier for newcomers to join your community and participate in discussions!

Those interested can monitor Github issues #369 & #1048 for when this UI bug is fixed!

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Hi - just FYI, the Good link makes the app Jerboa crash (for me at least). Probably something needing changed in the app, but wanted to share anyway.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Still crashing, sadly. I’m sure it’s Jerboa though. It’ll get sorted at some point, thanks anyway :-)

        • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Bummer… looks like this is indeed a Jerboa issue (Github #556). Hopefully that gets resolved soon so we can have links that reliably work on every frontend.

          • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            Yeah that’d be great.

            Thanks for checking GitHub, I can’t really find my way around on there. Good that it’s a known issue at least.