Comment on How do I reference another community on my or another instance?
RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 1 year ago
There are several ways to link to a community. If your instance has had someone previously search for the community, then they will all work. If this hasn’t happened (usually because your instance is small or new) then there can be problems with the “shorthand” method that begins with an !. I’ve written a full explanation in this article at the Community Search Tips community. It lists the drawbacks and advantages of each approach that I’m aware of.
what are you talking about? the !community@instance.tld method works perfectly fine even when on an instance that hasn’t pulled in that community yet. It takes a little longer to load but its literally how I’ve pulled in most if not all of the communities I’m subscribed to on my one person instance.
maybe your info is out of date?
Would be cool if they added a placeholder page that said search in progress or something
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [bot] 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: !communitysearchtips@lemmy.ninja
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The irony :D