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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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New Communities
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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules may be more established as time goes on, but it's important to have a foundation to work on.
1. Follow the rules of Lemmy.world - These rules are the same as Mastodon.world's rules, which can be found here.
2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !bugs@lemmy.world
Should be fixed. The instructions specifically say include "either" that format or the one I used. Why did the one I chose (at random) not work, out of curiosity?
Look at the username - you're talking to a bot ;)
... but to answer your question, from totally legit real human to totally legit real human, the links DO work for you and people on the same instance as you (so of course you won't notice any issues if you check the link yourself), but might cause trouble for people visiting this site from other instances as it will give them the wrong "layout".
Just an example: people on kbin.social will see your community displayed like this: https://kbin.social/m/bugs@lemmy.world with the kbin layout, interface and functionality. If those people click on a link beginning with "lemmy.world" they will get the layout of lemmy.world instead, which might make it harder for them to navigate the site properly as they're not used to it.