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/<communityname>
  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/<communityname>@<originalinstanceofcommunity>
  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.

  • miv 💽@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

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

  • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Check out https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/61827

    • If anyone else on your instance has already subbed, you can “just” visit /communities/ on the instance where your account is and click subscribe.
    • If you’re the first to discover this sub, it’s an annoying process. The steps I’m used to (and that are described in the post above) are different than what you described. I’m not sure how much easier they are, but they’re what I recommend and have found easiest among approaches I’ve tested.
    • Hedup@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Ah, yeah. Our issues might have been slightly different. Besides that, I also wasn’t aware how federationing worked before someone here explained.

  • JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      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?

    • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year 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.

  • Brunacho@feddit.clEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Step 6 will return you a 404 - comunity non existent if your instance is not federating with the instance of the community you’re looking for.

    I do:

    1. Step 1.

    2. Copy the URL

    3. In my instance, I use the search fuction. I search for the URL. The community is one result.

    4. enter the result, the instance has begun federating.

    5. subscribe.

    • Hedup@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wait, you can force your instance to start federation with another instance!? Did I understande you correctly?

      • Brunacho@feddit.clEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not exactly force. It’s by design. Instances don’t federate with each other unless a user of one wants to communicate with the other (via subscription, or commenting, or whatever).

        But instances can block each other and if that happens, there’s no way you can access from your instance.

        What usually happens is that big instances (like lemmy.ml), just by the mere fact that they are big, are probably already federating with your instance anyway so you may not have encountered this situation.

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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 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.

  • Ingwie Phoenix@drachennetz.comEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    When I add !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! =)