For example, if the work of someone on Mastodon or Peertube is being discussed on Lemmy it could be helpful to ping them directly from the thread.

You could always try it.

In what format?

@user_name@instance.tld

To @FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world: there are also communities made specifically to test, so you can pick an alt or two and try ping each other back and forth.

I don’t believe it. It worked! Thanks!

@geerlingguy@mastodon.social has a new vid on Bambu printers

https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy

Thanks, I had been looking for something like that. I did find an old post of my own to comment on (and the delete).

Great example. That’s the exact use case I’m thinking of. Thanks!