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New user here: Why does my community not show up in other instances? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently made a community, [email protected]. The community can be seen from this instance, but isn't accessible from other ones.

For example, if I go to https://lemmy.one/c/[email protected] , I get an error.

Is there some requirement communities have to reach before they appear on other instances? Is this a bug?

Sorry if the answer is obvious or has been asked before, but I couldn't find any info on this.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Communities aren't pulled in until at least one user on that instance subscribes.

A user can subscribe to a community that hasn't been pulled onto the instance yet by searching for it in the community page with the full URL, and changing all search settings to all. That'll pull in the most recent 3-5 posts.

Once they subscribe, all future posts, comments and votes will be synchronized over and cached locally on the instance.

[–] Browning 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So the smart thing to do is to create an account on every instance and view your new community at least once from each of them?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Nah, that'd be insane. People just need to know how to discover communities and how to subscribe to them. It's a learning curve. It's why I've been going around explaining this same thing like 50 times in the last 4 days.

[–] bartimeo 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am using jerboa. How can I discover communities in the app?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, for now, you'll have to use your phone's browser. That's a feature that's coming later.

Once you've subscribed, then looking through your feeds and responding is way nicer in the app (at least that's my opinion).

[–] bartimeo 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the answer

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