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what happens when user and community have the same name (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 month 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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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's not how Lemmy works. Lemmy uses Actor URLs of https://host.tld/u/user which is referenced via @user@host.tld, and communities are https://host.tld/c/community referenced as [!community@host.tld](/c/community@host.tld). So there is no overlap.

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!lemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm talking about mastodon interacting with Lemmy, not Lemmy interacting with itself.

[–] ex_06@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you for taking your time to answer for me!

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't follow.. Lemmy and Mastodon both require port 443, so a single hostname of lemmy.ml can't run both. Lemmy and Mastodon handle users the same way, just Mastodon doesn't have !communities.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 month 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.