Edit: Fixed links for desktop, no idea if it works the same for mobile apps
Write it like [/c/sublemmy@lemmy.server](/c/sublemmy@lemmy.server) and it will link correctly. If it’s giving you a 404 error just wait a minute and try again, the server needs to download the sub first
No not at all. Just try pasting https://lemmy.ml/c/piracynews Into the search page. It should bring up a link to the community in the search results, maybe immediately if someone from dbzer0.com has already subscribed there, if not it might take a few seconds. You should be able to follow the link in search and subscribe in the sidebar once you get there.
@phloatingman Yeah I think something’s broken or mis-coded perhaps. Looking at things, I think the exclamation point needs to be removed from the final URL to work.
Yeah this looks like a pain point at the moment. I’m going with “I’m a newb to lemmy’s way of linking” by default as I’m sure I’m just doin it wrong. If not, hopefully that can be made more seamless, or the knowledge of how to do it the right way can spread far enough that it becomes a non-issue.
When I view an external post from my home instance, it has less comments than the source. Does it eventually catch up? How long does that take usually?
Here’s screenshots of what I’m talking about. My home instance is monero.town and the post has 39 comment. When I click the rainbow fedilink icon that takes me to the source instance at beehaw it has 70 comments.
Will my home instance eventually show 70 comments as well? It’s a 2 day old article. How long does it take?
I feel like I’m missing out if I don’t go to the original source every time. But if I go the original source, I won’t be able to comment or upvote because I’ll be on their instance instead of my home instance.
Just looked into it and actually both servers are counting the wrong number of comments lmao. They both have 34 in that thread, and are the exact same comments. Definitely a bug.
That is likely because you instance hasn’t pulled the information about the community.
For me the reliable way to make it do so is to type it into a search bar (in the format !community@instance), as the message in the sidebar of communities on other instances say. And then refresh the page, to see that it actually did that.
Warning: if you are using Jerboa, the /c/ notation will crash the app, at least the playstore version (0.0.33), I don’t know if its fixed on the latest version
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.
Lots already. Of course depends on what your interest are. For ex. my subs
Edit: Fixed links for desktop, no idea if it works the same for mobile apps
Write it like
[/c/sublemmy@lemmy.server](/c/sublemmy@lemmy.server)and it will link correctly. If it’s giving you a 404 error just wait a minute and try again, the server needs to download the sub firstthanks a lot for this!
No problem! I’m going to revise my post now that I’ve figured out how to link to a sub properly, so check back in a few.
Do I have to creat an account for each instance? I don’t understand :(
No not at all. Just try pasting
https://lemmy.ml/c/piracynewsInto the search page. It should bring up a link to the community in the search results, maybe immediately if someone from dbzer0.com has already subscribed there, if not it might take a few seconds. You should be able to follow the link in search and subscribe in the sidebar once you get there.@sneakyninjapants Great post, thanks for sharing!
@share_your_art @piracy @vim @hyde
If you format your links like this…
/c/monero@monero.town
the links will be clickable and the user can subscribe to them from their home instance.
Thanks, I don’t know the proper way of formatting yet as it seems to depend on who you ask. Early days still.
Edit: Getting a 404 error when following that link on my sh.itjust.works instance. Think this is part of the problem.
To make the link work,
Had to do all that to make the link work. 🤦
@phloatingman Yeah I think something’s broken or mis-coded perhaps. Looking at things, I think the exclamation point needs to be removed from the final URL to work.
(IE: https://kbin.social/m/!privacyguides@lemmy.one -> https://kbin.social/m/privacyguides@lemmy.one)
I think I might use Redirector to correct it internally in the interim
@share_your_art @piracy @vim @hyde @sneakyninjapants
Yeah this looks like a pain point at the moment. I’m going with “I’m a newb to lemmy’s way of linking” by default as I’m sure I’m just doin it wrong. If not, hopefully that can be made more seamless, or the knowledge of how to do it the right way can spread far enough that it becomes a non-issue.
It’s taken me awhile to figure out stuff. I’m still confused about certain things as well.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I’m still a newb but I’ve managed to learn a lot the last week or so
Thanks! I did have a question about comments.
When I view an external post from my home instance, it has less comments than the source. Does it eventually catch up? How long does that take usually?
Here’s screenshots of what I’m talking about. My home instance is monero.town and the post has 39 comment. When I click the rainbow fedilink icon that takes me to the source instance at beehaw it has 70 comments.
Will my home instance eventually show 70 comments as well? It’s a 2 day old article. How long does it take?
I feel like I’m missing out if I don’t go to the original source every time. But if I go the original source, I won’t be able to comment or upvote because I’ll be on their instance instead of my home instance.
Just looked into it and actually both servers are counting the wrong number of comments lmao. They both have 34 in that thread, and are the exact same comments. Definitely a bug.
That is likely because you instance hasn’t pulled the information about the community.
For me the reliable way to make it do so is to type it into a search bar (in the format !community@instance), as the message in the sidebar of communities on other instances say. And then refresh the page, to see that it actually did that.
You’re likely right. Just checked the link again and it’s now showing a community. Thanks again!
Edit: how are you formatting that link?
literally just the link?
/c/monero@monero.townor is it something like how links work on markdown?
[/c/monero@monero.town](https://idk-what-here/c/monero)If you click the source icon, it will show you the markdown code for any post or reply…
https://files.catbox.moe/993ba0.png
Beautiful! Thank you! Me dumb dumb big time.
[/c/monero@monero.town](/c/monero@monero.town)^ how its written in the text box
/c/monero@monero.town
^ how it shows up once submitted
There! I did it!
I think that should be a question to @phloatingman@monero.town
Sorry, I meant how did you write it out in the reply box, since it seems to take markdown format I wasn’t sure.
I am probably missing something, my comment doesn’t have any links
Yeah I’m not doing a good job putting my thoughts to text.
/c/monero@monero.town
^ Copy-pasted this from your previous message
How did you write that out when you were typing the reply?
Warning: if you are using Jerboa, the /c/ notation will crash the app, at least the playstore version (0.0.33), I don’t know if its fixed on the latest version
0.0.34 also crashed.