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Is it possible to mention users in a comment? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I was expecting something like @fer0n@lemm.ee, but I don’t think that works. At least for me it's only recognised as an email address. lemm.ee/u/fer0n maybe? Does that notify the user?

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[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is an area of very much needed improvement.

For users, you should use the completion popup. When you type an @ followed by a name it will suggest users matching that, and if you click on one it will fill out a mention with the link to their origin page.
Give it a shot, try mentioning me in a reply!

The issue with this is the link isn't portable, meaning it may get you out of your home instance. The best way to link any user or community is to do /u/name@origininstance.tld (for users; /c/ for communities) instead of https://origininstance.tld/u/name. That way the link is relative (so no issue of moving away from your home) and it's fully qualified (so no issue with name clashes between instances).

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah I see it now. Maybe an ad blocker got in the way because that’s the first thing I tried. Can you try /u/fer0n@lemm.ee? I‘d like to see if that shows up in my mentions

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 1 points 1 year ago

/u/fer0n@lemm.ee

It rendered as a link for me, because I'm on 0.18.1 already (RC). Mobile apps might not support it yet.

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[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think auto linking is implemented for users like it is for communities. Compare @fer0n@lemm.ee with !asklemmy@lemmy.ml.

In the notifications page at /inbox there's a tab for Mentions but I don't know what is considered a mention given there are many different ways to link to a user page.

edited to add: I see I have some Mentions that include my full username "@heartlessevil@lemmy.one" without linking to the user page, so it is probably based on finding the username format as a substring.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this show up in your mentions? heartlessevil@lemmy.one (markdown link with the actual website link behind it). @fer0n@lemm.ee shows up in mine even though it’s not highlighted or clickable for me

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That showed up to me in Replies but not in Mentions.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah I forgot the @. This should show up: @heartlessevil@lemmy.one

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe this https://lemm.ee/u/fer0n

[–] Jaxia@toast.ooo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This works too

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s tappable, but it doesn’t show up in mentions. This does however, even though it’s not tappable: @Jaxia@toast.ooo

So for now the correct answer seems to be that with the actual link combined

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Or !fer0n@lemm.ee although that's for communities isn't it?

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@fer0n@lemm.ee

[–] Jaxia@toast.ooo 3 points 1 year ago

This works

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