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!
The “good link” gives a 404 if you aren’t on the lemmy.world instance 🙃 unless that instance has a youshouldknow community I suppose.> !youshouldknow@lemmy.world
We really just need apps to linkify !youshouldknow@lemmy.world
Doh! I totally meant to include instructions to append the target instance id to the link in my original post.
The post is now edited and fixed to use the correct link format as you’ve suggested. Thank you very much for your help.