Can I view a list of the communities of a lemmy instance while logged into my own?
For instance I know i can navigate to https://lemmy.ml/c/daystrominstitute@startrek.website to see the "daystrominstitute" community at startrek.website, but is there a way where I can see all (or even just the most popular) communites at startrek.website, while still logged into my lemmy.ml instance (so i can just hit the subscribe button if i want to join)?
Thanks for asking this. Until I read your question, I didn’t realize it but I had been wondering the same
Try https://lemmyverse.net/communities
If you set your home instance, all the links for communities will take you to your instance's version of that comm.
Finally, a real answer. Thanks!
No it isn't. I opened a feature request for specifically this: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1397
Yes, you could just go to https://startrek.website/communities for the list of communities on that particular instance.
However, subscribing to a community on an instance where you do not have an account takes a few extra steps.
When looking at the list of communities on another instance where you do not have an account, clicking the Subscribe link from the list will result in a popup stating that you're not logged in and if you click on the community name, a Subscribe button will not be shown.
However, most, if not all, communities will have instructions in the sidebar for how to subscribe from your main instance without the need for creating an account on the instance where that community resides.
To do this using the example of the startrek.website instance, if you wish to subscribe to the daystrominstitute community, you would enter "!daystrominstitute@startrek.website" into the search field on your main Lemmy instance where you are logged in.
Generally the first item in the results will be a link back to that community, which will look like:
"Daystrom Institute@startrek.website - 448 subscribers"
Click that link and you will see the content of that community again, but now notice that a Subscribe button will be shown in the sidebar.
Clicking Subscribe may result in a note that says "Subscribe pending", which I believe is due to some syncing that needs to occur between instances. Just give it a few minutes and then that community will appear in your list of subscribed communities.
You can now read, post and reply to that community just as if you had an account on that instance.
Yeah that was already what I was doing. I was just curious if there was a more streamlined way. Thanks!
If you go to the federation map website, you can set your home instance and then browse all the comms from other instances then click the link to go to your instance's version of it.
Edit: this is what I was referring to: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
@theothermatt_b@lemmy.ml I discovered this yesterday and it 100% solves the problem. Just keep in mind that if you click through a link from here to a community that your home server is not yet aware of, you may get an error page. This is, unfortunately, normal and OK. Wait a moment for the behind the scenes federation work to complete and reload the page.
oh this rules! I hope this is eventually built-in, but this'll do wonderfully for now!
Yes exactly, it needs to be built in, but this is better than nothing!
Thanks for this!
https://startrek.website/communities?listingType=Local&page=1
That link might work, they have 4 communities
but OP won't be logged in viewing that link