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How can I access communities on this instance from other instances? (self.main)
submitted 1 year ago by transientpunk to c/main
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I was exploring another instance (lemmy.world), and I wondered if I could find a community on this instance that I moderate (https://sh.itjust.works/c/mash). So I tried searching for the name, that didn't work. I tried searching [email protected], that didn't work either. Finally I tried going directly to https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], and that led to a Lemmy page saying I had entered a broken link. I also tried going to https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], and that did work.

So am I doing something wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected] just worked for me, and if this is an attempt at guerrilla marketing your community, well played.

[–] transientpunk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weird. I'm still getting notified that Lemmy world couldn't find that community when I click on the link.

On a side note, the guerilla marketing is just a happy benefit. I'm legit not able to get it working.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This error occurs if you're the first person from your instance to access/subscribe to a community in another instance. If you keep hitting f5 or refreshing the page it will eventually connect.

This is the correct structure https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

If I have an account at Blahaj but want to visit funny in Lemmy world I go to https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/[email protected]

[–] transientpunk 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting... I tried your link using Jerboa before making the last comment, and I got: error message

But I tried in my mobile browser and it worked, despite not working when I made this post.