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
Evkob ( @Evkob@lemmy.ca ) English2•1 year agoWhat 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.
MentalEdge ( @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) English3•1 year agoYes, 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.
SomeGuyNamedPaul ( @SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year agoOn 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.
MentalEdge ( @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) English2•1 year agoNot 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.
vamp07 ( @vamp07@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year agoJust search for the URL of the community. It worked for me.
kevincox ( @kevincox@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year agoIt appears that the URL search may not work for non-lemmy communities like kbin. Searching for !name@server seems to work for all communities.
𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶 ( @SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org ) English1•1 year agoEdit: 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
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.