Okay, so, for profile metadata on glitch.soc instances, the "@" symbol makes it break for some reason.
This is after a bit of debugging, mind you!
@squeakycheetah it tries to evaluate it as a user is probably why
what are you trying to do
@vahnj Posting my matrix username. The layout is @squeakycheetah:matrix.org, but @ signs break it.
@squeakycheetah hmm yeah i think masto in general tries to evaluate @'s in the profile as usernames
i haven't tried it before, does adding a \ character right before the @ disable it by any chance?
@vahnj No, but it does allow it to go through, for unknown reasons. https://awoo.space/media/g9bO23VuYgy-g1dM1fE
@squeakycheetah how strange. i'm gonna ask around and see if there's a way to disable @ linking
@vahnj Ahh, I have it. It's a forward slash(/) not a backslash (\)
@squeakycheetah huh! it turns off the link but it seems awkward that it still shows up
@vahnj Huh, weird. It's behaving itself, but there's still a link. Oh well, I'm not fussy, I'll take what I can get. :P
@vahnj I'm close to getting it to behave the way I want it, but I'm still running into trouble with Matrix. https://awoo.space/media/ZEPFPFQgLu5c55WGbGM