Incendiary@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBoost for Lemmy is happening!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square328fedilinkarrow-up11.95Karrow-down166
arrow-up11.88Karrow-down1imageBoost for Lemmy is happening!lemmy.worldIncendiary@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square328fedilink
minus-squarechampion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWhen browsing communities from other instances you need to modify the link as follows: https://lemm.ee/c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
minus-squareArtaca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoSuch a mess of a URL. I sincerely hope something else comes up to surpass Lemmy/kbin, or that the apps in development hide those kinds of messy bits.
minus-squareMove to lemm.ee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoI think the main issue right now is just your unfamiliarity. Once you get used to the the format it makes a lot of sense. [instance-you-are-on]/c/[community-name]@[instance-it-is-on] This standardisation has already proven itself for multiple years now, with millions of people using it over on Mastodon. People will get used to it. The “this is unfamiliar and scary to me” reaction goes away as the familiarity develops over time.
When browsing communities from other instances you need to modify the link as follows:
https://lemm.ee/c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
Such a mess of a URL. I sincerely hope something else comes up to surpass Lemmy/kbin, or that the apps in development hide those kinds of messy bits.
I think the main issue right now is just your unfamiliarity. Once you get used to the the format it makes a lot of sense.
[instance-you-are-on]/c/[community-name]@[instance-it-is-on]
This standardisation has already proven itself for multiple years now, with millions of people using it over on Mastodon. People will get used to it. The “this is unfamiliar and scary to me” reaction goes away as the familiarity develops over time.