Hi there! I’m another reddit refugee, been lurking here since the API fiasco.

How do I search for a community across the several federated instances? Is there a directory somewhere?

Thanks!

  • GlennMagusHarveyEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, the “all” list only lists communities/magazines your own instance knows.

    I personally prefer lemmyverse.net, which @notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz mentioned below.

    If you want to browse /kbin magazines (i.e. the equivalent of Lemmy communities), kbin.social is by far the biggest instance currently so you can start your search there, but a fuller list of /kbin instances can be found here: https://fedidb.org/software/kbin . Just go through the list of magazines on /kbin instances one at a time for now; I don’t know of a better /kbin search engine.

    (You can also browse Lemmy instances one at a time to find communities you like, for that matter.)

    And there’s always the option of just reading things on other instances directly, and just copying the fediverse link over to your home instance’s search box if you want to comment/upvote/whatever.