What is the proper syntax to tag (@ mention) a user on a different instance? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Vampire@hexbear.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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e.g. [@Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/Dirt_Owl) would mention a hexbear user on hexbear

But if I'm posting on Instance A, tagging a user with an account on Instance B, do I change the first part of the link only? Or both? What is the correct syntax please and thank you.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 12 points 8 months ago

Just do @nemo@slrpnk.net, it's instance neutral. No need for link formatting.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

I thought this too but apparently the web UI does link formatting.

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What you're doing is proper, by the way. I wish Lemmy's markdown parser had an inbuilt way to understand the format @<user>@<instance>.<domain>, without having to enclose in []().

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