PSA: if a remote community hasn't been fetched by your instance yet, you need to search for it (yiffit.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Wander@yiffit.net to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've seen this mentioned a few times already: people wondering why certain communities don't show up in their instance. You need to first search for that community via the magnifying glass icon and type in "!communityname@instance.domain"

Notice the exclamation mark at the beginning. Might take a few seconds. This will teach your instance about the remote community.

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

This is a good PSA. Even though it's explained in the sidebar of most (all?) communities, it doesn't feel intuitive at first.

[-] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

Actually that's a great idea! I should add that info to the sidebar of mine.

[-] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 5 points 1 year ago

It already is, open your community in incognito mode. It just doesn't show because you're already subscribed.

[-] Wander@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

You are right ! I didn' t realize this!

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