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actually that is a good point, i didn't think of that

still though, there's no reason not to have the original title in the url. transparency, and all

i love the banner image

I agree with that, however I think that's a separate issue to federation and instance agnostic links. Fixing both at the same time sure would be efficient, though.

that's a fair point, i guess i just saw that and my mind jumped to other url related points

it would be nice to have them both solved together though

Edit2: Ohhhh I think I see now, citations, with a link back to the position the citation was in. That looks really good for long comments.

yeah they're not in the lemmy markdown cheat sheet, but they're supported by markdown-it, the library that lemmy uses^[there's actually two different formats available as well]

honestly i think it should be more like this (or this)

i know people don't like to talk about reddit, but the URLs were perfect. i could see whether a post was the one i wanted just from the url, and if i wanted a shorter link i could just omit the title and it would soft redirect

i would much prefer https://lemm.ee/post/2308622/reddit-has-started-assigning-power-mods@lemmy.ml [^1] so i know the topic of a post before even loading the page and wasting my time and data

but yes, i agree this is an issue that should have been solved already

[^1]: or even https://lemm.ee/c/snoopocalypse/post/2308622/reddit-has-started-assigning-power-mods@lemmy.ml actually. i know minimalism is trendy these days, but seeing as much info at a glance is really useful in my opinion

lemmy also (unofficially) supports footnotes.[^{1] you may want to view this in a browser}[as it currently doesn't render in any mobile clients]^[also note the differing positions of the caret]

additionally, with no markdown linking at all, the web interface^[and i believe most apps] automatically turns !community@instance.tld into a link

[^1]: with two different syntaxes

didn't some poor cosmonaut get trapped in space because his country stopped existing whilst he was up there?

edit: sergei krikalev

i imagine it's just that fewer options = easier to maintain. to my knowledge they were never keen on options: gtk was never officially themeable, their gtk theme is called "the only one", they hide all their options on dconf like the windows registry, etc.

generally treat their users like children. but to be fair, it worked for apple and it's sort of working for them, so what do i know?

ah sorry, markdown didn't auto-link it so i completely forgot that it could be a link...

i've just submitted something to icann, i don't think it's worth it with google

this is a userscript that i'm using, and has the option to enable open all links in new tab. i also found this whilst searching for it just now, but i haven't used it

but what device are you using that doesn't have a mouse, trackpad, or ctrl key?

yeah, that's a preference not a default. feel free to configure your preferences howsoever you prefer. if it's a configurable preference it's not a dark pattern, it's just an option

Bird, Elephant, and now Fish. Elephant and Fish can be friends, Bird can fuck off.

now that's a quote i want on a sticker with no context

the whole archived article is worth reading as well - i particularly like

Reddit user malsomnus hails it as the best change since the quest to depose Quackion, the Aspect of Ducks.

what link? am i going mad?

that's a good point, i hasn't considered writing to icann (not that i have a very high opinion of them these days). i don't suppose there's a template letter anywhere to save me writing one?

also by the way, i love your netscape avatar

i personally think it's a terrible default. a normal link i can easily choose to open here, in a new tab, or in a new window. target="_blank" removes that choice, and forces me to open it how the site dev wishes

I've always seen it as a dark pattern to keep users on the site (like bing uses it^[see also old reddit doing the user friendly thing of same tab, new reddit opening a new tab]). it was really nice to see lemmy not doing that. it's weird to see people calling it sensible

this seems like a really odd choice. admittedly the old name wasn't great, it sounded like spreadsheet software.

but they've gone from a name that was the top search result to one that will never be, because the current top search result for "firefish" is a recruitment company that can put a lot more money into seo than they can; and a name that most people who would use it (techies & early adopters) will immediately assume is a firefox fork or mozilla product

in isolation it's not a bad name, and i really like the new logo; but it just seems like a poor choice

you can do that with a userscript if you want to keep the lemmy interface

although i do not understand why people like this. just middle click instead?

i personally would be reticent to move anything to lemmy.zip, given the issues with .zip domains. especially on lemmy, with the @'s in the urls

but i don't have a ps5, so i don't have a horse in this race

hey so i've just seen this comment that reminded me of this thread, in case it's helpful

(sorry it's not an instance agnostic link, i'm not sure how to make those)

just going to copy here something i wrote on reddit a few months almost a year ago^[context]

i've been using telegram since it was released and ...i don't think i'll be recommending it to new users anymore

it's not just this announcement, but in general they seem to be really pushing the web3/blockchain/nft angle; along with sign in with telegram, payments through telegram, they feel like they're trying to become the western wechat

but as for this in particular; obviously all of those usernames are going to be bought by scammers. why would a user trust them if they're being bought and sold all the time? and why would a legitimate business buy them if most users won't trust them? businesses want consistent branding, not ephemeral minutiæ

nobody is thinking "oh yeah, my bank is the best, it's @bank on telegram" or "i think i'll switch to a new bank, but i don't know which. i guess i'll just message @bank and see what happens" or "i just got a message from @gift! i must have won the lottery!"

plus, according to these messages, they're taking usernames off users that already used them

most of my contacts are on telegram now, so i'm going to continue using it. but even aside from the encryption and privacy issues, i wouldn't encourage anyone to switch to telegram