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!

  • impulse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Sounds like the perfect job for a bot to monitor that list and autosubscribe to every new community.

    • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I suspect that this may be somewhat frowned upon. The whole point of not grabbing all communities from all instances by default is to avoid massive traffic dumps every time a new instance joins the federation. Doing this via a bot is basically the equivalent of DDOSing your home instance!

      It’s less bad when a human does the same thing because:

      • A) A human will work more slowly than a bot
      • B) A human will likely only do this one time and then let the system continue working as intended afterward
      • C) A human can be easily reprimanded and told to stop if they’re causing problems