Make "/my" work for all possible links to current user

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I just had to learn that /my/group/messages/my-group does not work as expected.

Naively I was sure, that it would redirect to /u/thoka/messages/my-group, which it does not.

Couldn’t the redirection /my to /u/{current_username} just work for any URL inside the user namespace?

Move this feature request to Bug, if my assumption is the desired behavior.

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I would also have expected this to work.

Depending on what you want to use the link for, /g/my-group/messages could be a workaround, as long as the feature is not implemented.

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I think it makes sense to do this.

But out of curiosity, what were you trying to accomplish when you learned this didn’t work?

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For me, a use case would be easier access to group inboxes after they have been removed from the sidebar

Kind of like sam suggested

But in a public custom section, so /u/username won’t help

This related topic /my/messages/group/GROUP_NAME link doesn't work makes me think it worked before

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I wanted to direct people to their group mailbox to check their announcement settings.