On Connect, the latter works but the former doesn’t. Weirdly if I click on my own username posted upthread, it can’t find me.

Kbin does odd things with links and communities, so I think part of the problem is it has mangled or added some unexpected links when you’ve written the post. However, some of your links in the original post work for me on Lemmy (!freegames@feddit.uk is fine), so you might want to compare them.

I’m not sure why Lemmy uses an exclamation mark for communities when everywhere else uses an @. It would be a lot easier if it used @ then it’s universal for Kbin, Mastodon, Lemmy.

The new communities group suggests to use the format I’ve used in my previous posts (basically /c/community@instance) - this won’t work on Kbin because it uses /m/. It’s better to use @ there as you said.

No problem, have added all the ones I know about.

OK, so will probably miss loads, but try these for starters. Where I’ve found multiple for the same platform the more active ones are nearer the top.

!amiga@sopuli.xyz

!amiga@kbin.social (Kbin)

!amiga@lemmy.sdf.org

!amiga@lemmy.world

!c64@lemmy.world

!commodore64@kbin.social (Kbin)

!c64@sh.itjust.works

!commodore_64@lemmy.ca

!commodore64@lemmy.world

!zxspectrum@lemmy.world

!zxspectrum@kbin.social (Kbin)

!plus4@retrolemmy.com

!dosgaming@retrolemmy.com

!atari@lemmy.sdf.org (Atari 8-bits, can’t find one for the ST)

!lemmings@lemmings.world

!xenoblade@possumpat.io

!fireemblem@lemm.ee

!xcom@lemmy.world

As for platforms, there are a load of retro ones which can be added, not sure if you want to include those?

Basically it’s ignoring all tags inside the spoiler, so it shows the code instead. I’ll post on the support community. (edit: posted here - hopefully it’ll be fixed soon)

Links hidden in spoilers don’t work in Connect…

Firelord is an old one but gorgeous. Chicory is pretty, in a colouring book sort of way. Child of Light and Forgotton Anne have fairly similar aesthetics but are both lovely.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/08/14/hacker-gets-12000-in-parking-tickets-after-null-license-plate-trick-backfires/

Not a name, but something else to be aware of which could also happen with names.

Activating the Super Sheep in Worms DC. It was always “argh, I can’t control this, kaboom I’ve blown up one of my own worms”, but it was fun to try!

Yeah, the way it works with groups is not great. There are news feeds on Mastodon which are probably a better option to follow from there.

I assume you’re following from Mastodon? Unfortunately that’s how Mastodon works with groups - you see boosts of every single comment on your feed.

You’re better off with a Lemmy or Kbin account if you want to follow groups.

(and for the sake of clarity, this news account you’re following isn’t a bot - it’s a group)

Apparently mouses is correct for computer mice but I don’t subscribe to that train of thought at all.

!imaginarywitches@lemmy.dbzer0.com

!android@lemdro.id is the big Android one.

There’s an open source equivalent at https://codidact.com/