Is there a way to change the links so that when you click on them, they open in the same instance that you're logged into? So that you can actually subscribe to them?
- Lets see: !wowthislemmyexists!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
  I don't think so. Because the community doesn't technically exist on that other instance.
  e.g. if I went https://lemmy.one/c/wowthislemmyexists you get: 404: couldnt_find_community
  .. even IF wowthislemmyexists is SUBSCRIBED to on lemmy.one.
  
  That doesn't work... and the link !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca still directs me to "https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists" rather than "https://lemmy.one/c/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca"
  
  oh hey - that works: https://lemmy.one/c/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca”
  Problem is I can't change the URLs above for everyone, there's no concept of a wildcard e.g. https://
  <your instance here>
  /c/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
  Plus, if your instance hasn't already sub'd to the remote community, will that trick even work?
  
  Actually, here's the trick:
  [some community](/c/some_community@server.tld)
  So:
  [WowThisLemmyExists](/c/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca)
  Gives us this link: WowThisLemmyExists
  Which links to that community but within the instance you're currently in!
  (many thanks to the Lemmy Project Chat on Matrix!)
  
  very excellent, Ill fix tonite.

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