A standard convention of linking posts and comments, also assumptions Lemmy makes about ownership of content

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On the topic of ownership of content, Lemmy code emphasizes that the user owns content. It's entirely possible to have a user delete their account and it removes all their posts and comments. In the case of removing posts, this makes all the other comments inaccessible (can someone confirm this?). Traditionally, since Reddit added the ability to comment on a post... December 12th 2005 - the comments have stayed even when a user created accounts. Reddit also somewhat became an environment where throwaway accounts were the normal, where with Lemmy in 2023 it's been hard to really see people say they have created a throwaway account - it's more likely they create many duplicate accounts just to be on other instances. Assuming those go inactive, will they be purged?

Lemmy-ui dynamically loads content and was even build on websockets well into 2023... it does not seem very good for search engines, and deleting of content by persons would seem to make that otherwise. And there's the whole atmosphere of removing things and not knowing why. Is Lemmy the kind of place where you post but it doesn't last? Instances disappear, post and comments seem to have a short lifetime, and lots of recycle memes and reposts? And even duplicate communities due to

Is it worth trying to establish a standard convention so when home page is changed from one front-end app to another, the link and comment posts stay?

I think the username should be considered as part of the post or comment link.. because if it disappears you at least have a clue as to why. I think Reddit was better at making the 'subreddit' own the post and emphasizing the community context on links when incoming. Social wise, this can set an expectation and even be a warning of NSFW and other things before you event click the link. With Lemmy-ui right now, all you get is /post/50 - not knowing any clue as to what you are clicking.

/post/username@instancename.tld/communityname@instancename.tld/50 I think is more centered on who owns it, the username being the first thing... the creator of a post

This gives some hint to the person before they click. Really-long URL aren't that welcome, and maybe the use of "@" looks too much like an email address and a more slash convention might be better? And Reddit allow stripping of the title on posts, but it really helps you know what you are clicking - and compiling lists of pots the title being on the URL - but Reddit also doesn't allow revision/edit of title.