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@fediverse@lemmy.world @fediverse@lemmy.zip
[Meta] Is this the correct way for users on other ActivityPub platforms to communicate with Lemmy users?
Is there a standard way to mention users on other ActivityPub users? I'm unsure if the accounts not showing up here (fedia.social) are due to a lack of federation or due to architecture differences.
@Auster@thebrainbin.org @fediverse@lemmy.world That's insightful! Thanks!
I don’t know about ‘standard’ or ‘correct’ but your post does appear in !fediverse@lemmy.world
It does not seem to be in !fediverse@lemmy.zip even though both communities appear in the top of your post as mentions.
It appears, but it also does not have a title, which is odd at the very least for a post on Lemmy
@magitian @fediverse @fediverse I'm interested too
@magitian if you ping a community as an user, the community's original instance shows the first paragraph as title. So if that's your question, one thing I'd suggest is not to include the community mention or hashtags in the first paragraph.
And depending on the software used to send the post, how it gets sent changes. For example, on Mbin you can make Mastodon-style posts to a community without making a mention as you pick the community in a dedicated dropdown menu (or by sending from the community's microblog tab). On Friendica, iirc it's similar to Mbin, except the differentiation between microblog and thread is if you include a title in the post's form.
Also recently Lemmy instances have been having difficulties pulling microblog posts even if they're properly sent, requiring to manually searching on each instance. Lemmy.World and Lemmy.ml both seem to be exempt from the issue though.