Just got my own instance up and running finally, but it doesn’t seem to be federating as expected.

I can search for and subscribe to communities, but unless I specifically search for the URL (e.g. selfhost@lemmy.ml) nothing shows up. I’m also making this post from my instance as well (to see if anything happens…)

Is this something I just need to wait a few hours to happen or is something incorrect.

Thanks in advance

Edit: Oh, and when I do subscribe to a community, I can only see new posts. It doesn’t retrieve older posts

  •  hybrid havoc   ( @hybridhavoc@beehaw.org ) 
    1•1 year ago

    Oh, and when I do subscribe to a community, I can only see new posts. It doesn’t retrieve older posts

    I’m pretty sure that is working as intended.

    I don’t know all the ins and outs of Lemmy, but if it behaves at all like the federation of Mastodon, it’s not going to start pulling in old stuff or pulling in stuff that nobody is subscribed to.