How to initiate federation to an instance
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In case your instance does not federate to something you would like it to, follow these steps:
- Go to your instance URL in a web browser - https://lemmy.cafe
- Click
Communities
- Enter something in format <!community@instance>, e.g.
!general@lemmy.cafe
. Click the search button. - Nothing will show up, give it a couple of seconds
- Click
Communities
again - Select
All
- Your searched community should now be on the list
- Click
Subscribe
next to it - ???
- Profit!
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