I’ve heard that one of the big features of Lemmy is that users from one instance can interact and follow users from different instances. But I can’t figure out how exactly that works. I made a community earlier (on mander.xyz) and when I tried searching for it from a different instance (lemmy.world) it wouldn’t show up. However, a comment I made on another post made by lemmy.world user on lemmy.ml did show up. How does this work?

  • pwndave@lemmy.ca
    2·
    1 year ago

    Have you already confirmed that you can search for other communities belonging to other instances?

    • mizuOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yes, it had to do with me being signed out on lemmy.world

  • Jeef@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 year ago

    I had this issue as well for a community i made in another instance. If no one from your instance has looked at it before it won’t sync. to force the check in the search use !community@website.url The bang before forces the check and should help find it

      • Jeef@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Interesting. I just logged in with my lemmy.world user and was able to find the community and make a comment on it. Can you try again and see if its still not showing up?

        • mizuOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’ve seen your comment. I was logged out and it works now that I’ve made an account on lemmy.world and signed in. Thanks!

      • mizuOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        UPDATE: It works after signing in! Thanks a lot!

  • Ceedling@compuverse.uk
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is exactly what I’m trying to figure out. I’m trying to subscribe to some communities on mander.xyz but am having a lot of troubles because it’s on a different instance. I would love further insight into this.