Open a users profile when sending a link like https://discord.com/users/USER_ID

[MaksiRose]

When you link to a message, it automatically switches channels when necessary and highlights the message. This can be super useful, both for users and for bots.

I think the same should be done for users, you could right click a user and get an option like Copy User Link just like with messages, and then send that to others, for which this user would pop up in their app (instead of opening the users profile in the browser / on a new tab).

This is different from mentions, since sometimes another user doesn't share any servers with the mentioned user, in which case their user ID shows up and you can't click on their profile. This way, a user would show up, and you can simply send a friend request, or just see if they feel familiar, or whatever else you would want to do.

Since you can do this with messages, and with channels (which you can also mention), why not do it with users too?

[ckohen]

Yep, better overall deep linking is sorely needed. There's so many links that do actually work but boot you out of discord for a split second for some reason. (worth noting that using the protocol link will avoid this for desktop clients but those have a whole set of bugs that I don't want to get in to).

Every link is checked anyways and most show a pop up, so the potential very miniscule slow down is a non-issue.

[RealAlphabet]

Do you know if there is now a way to open the user profile, or the server settings via a link?

[checkyourspammail]

Yes you can. https://discordapp.com/USERID opens a profile in the discord client.

[Xirado]

@not-core-i9 Why are you spreading misinformation.

[Xirado]

This is possible with the discord:// app protocol.

discord://-/users/<user_id>

List of all endpoints

[Zoddo]

I'd like to advise against using the discord: protocol. It doesn't work outside the Windows client (the linux client, web version, mobile apps... don't support it).

I think the right solution is to fix the deep-linking of https://discord.com/users/USER_ID (and other URLs that aren't correctly handled, like settings deep links)