Can we create a bot to auto delete posts that don't link properly

sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to New Communities@lemmy.world – 81 points –

If people can't be arsed enough to even get their post format correct, they don't deserve the free promotion.

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If people can’t be arsed enough to even get their post format correct (when it is clearly described in the post rules), they don’t deserve the free promotion.

To be fair the post rules don't explain how the ! syntax works. !community@instan.ce btw.

That's also the only format that works across platforms.

Not sure if it works on kbin? !newcommunities

Ah, I guess it does. What about for kbin magazines? !Animemes

How do we format kbin magazine urls for Lemmy users to follow?

Gonna test this:
!Animemes
@Animemes
Animemes
Animemes
Animemes
@Animemes
/m/Animemes@kbin.social
/c/Animemes@kbin.social
Animemes <-- Finally found one that works from Lemmy! [Animemes](/c/animemes@kbin.social) (Wow this is actually the format listed in the sidebar, guess I should have started with that one)

Nope. :/

!Animemes

!Animemes@kbin.social
Works!

Not from my end, that's what I typed. Kbin and kglitch may be on different versions?

Either that or it's an innovation on kglitch's side. Kglitch also renamed magazines to communities so as to use the same terminology as lemmy and removed the reputation system.

To be fair, if you can't figure out how the syntax works based on the clear text, and usage everywhere else in Lemmy, you shouldn't be allowed to host a community.

I wish the post rules would also include what to do for kbin.

At the moment if I'm interested in a community I often have to write the url myself.

Also I don't know how to format kbin urls for lemmy users to follow.

Lemmy community for kbin: /search?q=newcommunities@lemmy.world

Technically the actual link is /m/newcommunities@lemmy.world, but if your kbin instance has no subscribers to that community yet, you have to first find it with the first link and subscribe to it, otherwise you get a 404.

At least on kglitch.social, using !newcommunities@lemmy.world seems to work like a combination of both: Searching for it when kglitch.social doesn't know about it yet, going to /m/community if kglitch.social does know about it.

Thanks, I mean I wish the formula was included in the rules so people making posts would include it so I could just click.

The part I don't know is how to post a kbin community for Lemmy users.

That's easy: /c/Animemes@kbin.social for the permanent link or !Animemes@kbin.social (the latter might only work if posted from kglitch)

Basically, the exact same as for a lemmy community for lemmy users.

Thanks!

Yay maybe now thanks to you I can promote my new community!