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[solved] Subscribing to a community on a different instance is so annoying! (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not sure why? In the app, all communities that are federated to my server are visible when searhching. On desktop, ad 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.

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! The search icon was so small on lemm.ee that I didn't notice. It actually works much better! You're a saviour!

How do I properly close this thread? Do I have to? Can I mark it as solved somehow?

[–] miv403@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if there was kind a data export feature. maybe we could export list of subscription list then we can import to other instance. it could be like mastodon migration.

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Do you mean like when creating another account on a different instance?

[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

On the top of lemm.ee website there is a button "Communities". Select "All" instead of "Local" and you can search for any community.

[–] ingwiephoenix@drachennetz.com 0 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

Then you can choose one of those privacy communities, click and go to them and it will take you to them while you're still in your instance.

[–] ingwiephoenix@drachennetz.com 2 points 1 year 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!

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