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I noticed that when people cross post their DW entries, the user names in their text lead back to DW even if the person they mention does not have a DW account and they actually mean their LJ account. So, I found an interesting gimmick:
Basically: a)
katikat and b)
katikat.
Rather than < lj user="handle" > it is < user name="handle" >. If you want to mention someone from a different service you can do < user name="handle" site="livejournal.com" > or insanejournal.com or archiveofourown.org. If you're crossposting, the crossposter will render all those options as appropriate html. Link.
Basically: a)
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