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[SOLVED] Communities not visible in search (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let me give you an example:

there is a community on lemmy.world (whereisthisplace) - https://lemmy.world/c/whereisthisplace
I go on lemmy.ml and search for whereisthisplace
my search parameters are: {Communities} {All} {Top All Time}, {Community: All} {Creator: All}
but when I search for (eg.) Apple I get "[email protected]"

is it because no one is subscribed form this istance?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, but lets say that I just want to search for whereisthisplace over all instances and see where this community is (even on multiple ones). The only other approach is to go to each instance and search for it.

But my question still remains - why some communities are shown (eg.: Apple) and some are not (eg.: whereisthisplace)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Because someone on your instance has already searched for the community directly or subscribed to it so it has been federated to your instance.