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.

  • 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/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl - 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/UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl. 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/tweak@lemm.ee

      Edit: I don’t see a link when using this method on Voyager or Jerboa, whereas @TWeaK@lemm.ee 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.