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what happens when user and community have the same name (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 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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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

When you do a search, the default is “All,” which is why your search results had a bit of everything. If you had chosen “Users” or “Communities” then you would have gotten only users or only communities, respectively.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It actually couldn’t find the community when I limited the search to communities, either, and I had to type the URL. No idea what that’s about

https://lemmy.ml/search?q=world%40lemmy.world&type=Communities&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll

Notice no community result.

https://lemmy.ml/search?q=world%40lemmy.world&type=All&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll

Also no community result. On my instance, I could scroll to the end of the list, and when the call to the resolve endpoint returns, the user but not the community gets added as a single entry to the very end. Like I say, no idea what that's about, although it seems to be a bug distinct from the bug I'm describing,

https://lemmy.ml/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fc%2Fworld&type=Communities&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll

Also doesn't work? That's a little strange, honestly. Like I say, no idea. I'm just describing the somewhat different but also wrong behavior I see on my instance.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

You’re putting the instance name ("@lemmy.world") in the search term, which is why the searches are failing. If you already know the user or community you’re looking for, then why would you be searching for it? You already have it!