How to easily subscribe to communities from other instances.
I've been using Lemmy for almost a week and I'm loving it. But some aspects are still a bit obscure to me. For instance : I have my account on lemmy.ml. I used https://browse.feddit.de/ to find some communities. I want to subscribe to https://reddthat.com/c/rts.
What's the easiest way to do so ? It looks like the search function only shows communities from the instance I'm signed on.
Edit: apparently, the servers are experiencing a little slowdown. Typing !rts@reddthat.com is the search field returned nothing at first but finally worked at some random moment after spamming ':D
What are you entering in the search bar?
Either paste the full URL (https://reddthat.com/c/rts) or write !rts@reddthat.com. You might need to click the next & prev buttons a couple of times for it to show up, especially for smaller communities.
Yes, when you are the first to look up a community from another instance, it can take a minute for the server to go get that new community. I just leave the search in a tab for a bit and come back to refresh it in 30 seconds or so.
Its a little tricky.
That's what I was doing bit it didn't work. Now it's working, and I believe my instance was having temporary issues. Thanks for your answer :)
Look here https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/
Excellent resource, thank you. I was searching by shorthand, but apparently the problem was on the server side. Now it's working.
Just search for the URL of the community. It worked for me.
Yes, it finally worked. Apparently, the servers are experiencing a little slowdown.
It appears that the URL search may not work for non-lemmy communities like kbin. Searching for !name@server seems to work for all communities.
I wouldn't suggest spamming the button so much as being patient and maybe trying a few times (spaced out). You're just adding to the load when you're spamming the button.
I do find the search interface on 0.18 to be a bit more user friendly which is nice tho.
On Beehaw I can choose at the top from subscribed, local, or all. Local just gives be Beehaw threads, all is everything they're federated with... such as your post.
Not quite. "All" only includes content from communities, that at least one local user is subscribed to. When I create a community on my instance, it does NOT instantly show up on all other federated instances, nor do posts to it.
For a community to get federated over to another instance, at least one person must specifically enter its url or exact name in search, and sub to it.