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How do I subscribe to/find a non-kbin community? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hope it's ok to ask questions here...

So, here's a thread: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/48054/Skeptic-A-community-for-critical-takes-on-pseudoscience-quackery-and

In that thread, there's a link to a lemmy community ([email protected]) if I click that link, it takes me to the lemmy.world website.

How can I find and subscribe to that community from within kbin?

I tried going to kbin.social/m/[email protected] but that doesn't work. Searching for skeptic results in a bunch of posts and comments.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I just figured it out. The correct formatting is
kbin.social/m/[email protected]

Still, is there a way to filter search results to only show communities?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Replace the ! with an @ and search with the search bar.
@[email protected]

edit: added link as text was butchered in translation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thank you. Your link is all messed up for me though, it shows as: https://kbin.social/m/quickstart/t/51597/www.kbin.com/m/@[email protected]

I've no idea what's going on, but I got what you meant. Cheers.

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

Yeah I'm not sure what the link issue is I'm trying to figure it out myself as that is not the link I have entered. The link should be without quotes "kbin.social/m/[email protected]" see the attached screenshot. Not sure why the link is being translated from what it is entered as.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Trying something:
[@[email protected]](kbin.social/m/[email protected])
@[email protected]

[@[email protected]](http://kbin.social/m/[email protected])
@[email protected]

[@[email protected]](https://kbin.social/m/[email protected])
@[email protected]

edit: I guess you need to add protocol at the front for the link

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is happening!? Both of your last links work ONLY IF I open them in a new tab (middle click). If I click on them directly they do not work and go to (https://kbin.social/u/)

Testing: @skeptic

This is so weird.

Simply typing "(at)skeptic(at)lemmy.world" turns it into a link that seems to be correct, pointing to (https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]) - see above

HOWEVER, if I click directly on the link, for some reason it takes me to a user profile that doesn't exist (https://kbin.social/u/@[email protected])

BUT if I middle click the link to open in a new tab, it correctly goes to (https://kbin.social/m/[email protected])

I have no idea what is happening or where to report this behaviour.