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[solved] Subscribing to a community on a different instance is so annoying! (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Hedup@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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So far for me the process is very convoluted:

  1. I go to https://browse.feddit.de/ and find the community.
  2. Then I need to copy it's name.
  3. Then I need to go to my particular instance (lemm.ee)
  4. Then I type manually in my browser address bar lemm.ee/c/
  5. Then I go back to https://browse.feddit.de/ and copy the address of the original instance of the community.
  6. Then I go back and add the original instance address to already typed thing in step 4 like this lemm.ee/c/@
  7. Then I can finally subscribe!

Oh my God! Please, tell me there's a better way of doing this!

EDIT: There is a better way! Solution is to ... use the search function in your instances home page and select community (if it exists already) and search. This way I don't need to go to browse.feddit.de anymore. And links will take me straight the the communities "reflection" in my own instance, where I can subscribe.

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's easier to just type/paste in the address of the community on the search page of your instance in the [!name@instan.ce](/c/name@instan.ce) format.

You can then click the result and just hit subscribe.

Would be nice if Jerboa and the web UI just translated links in that format so that theyd just open from your instance and let you sub instantly.

ATM they just open in the browser and display from the hosting instance, preventing an easy sub.

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

The link doesn't even need to be in that format. Simply copying the link from the fediverse button (the rainbow Pentagon) and pasting that in your instances search will bring it up. It should only be a 3 step process. Although I still feel that can be a little clunky.

For discovery I browse the community list of whichever instance I'm viewing and then link it back to my home instance. I just wish I knew of a way to view the list of communities from an instance directly from my home instance. (Other than selecting the All filter from my home instance community list)

[–] JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I am not sure why? In the app, all communities that are federated to my server are visible when searching. On desktop, and in the app, all you have to do is select "all" instead of "local" or "subscribed" and then just search. Half the communities I am subbed in are not from my own instance, for example.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that search only exposes the communities that at least one of the servers members is currently subscribed to. It is not a list of all possible communities. This works okay if your server has a lot of members because it will likely surface the main popular communities, but it's misleading that it's all communities and someone had to do it the hard way like OP said the first time around.

[–] ingwiephoenix@drachennetz.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I add [!privacy@lemmy.ml](/c/privacy@lemmy.ml) into my search field, it doesn't show anything - in fact, it ends up telling me that there are no results. I have to then go into the Communities tab again, and hope it shows up there.

I can see it doing work as I watch the logs. But this is really a little weird/frustrating. I hope this sees improvement eventually! =)

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I actually still don't understand what exclamation mark does.

EDIT: I guess the goal for you would be to get to this page:

https://lemm.ee/search/q/privacy/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1

[–] ingwiephoenix@drachennetz.com 2 points 2 years ago

Good call! That said, I am still going to have to copy-paste a lot of community handles... Oh well, it works for now, I guess.

Thanks for the idea!