what happens when user and community have the same name (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by ex_06@slrpnk.net to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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From mastodon to follow an account or a community on lemmy you use the @name@server format and there is no difference between a community name and a user-name

so i was wondering if anyone tried and checked what happened

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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I'm talking about a mastodon user referencing a Lemmy community vs a Lemmy user. Mastodon apparently uses the same syntax for both.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 0 points 6 months ago

Ohhhh. My understanding is initial @ in Mastodon is only required for users, and would default to user over community, while leaving off the initial @ would do community. I have not validated that in the source, though.

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