I'm trying to search for a community that definitely exists: but it doesn't show up in search (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by dragontamer@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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!programming@programming.dev clearly exists (see https://programming.dev/c/programming), but I can't seem to find it in Lemmy.world's search bar.

I see that "someone needs to search" for a community for it to appear in the search bar. Furthermore, if I go to "lemmy.world/c/programming@programming.dev", I can see and subscribe to that instance just fine.

I'm just worried about discoverability. How was I supposed to even discover programming@programming.dev if this instance didn't know about it?

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[-] _sigma@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm having this problem on kbin. Turns out it needed @programming@programming.dev not [!programming@programming.dev](/c/programming@programming.dev)