I think I might have found an answer. Some communities might not be federated yet on that instance. So you might have to search the whole "[email protected]" and get no results. Then a few minutes later search for just "community" and it should be there.
I have previously tried just "windows_help" as well and it wasn't there yet. Definitely makes this confusing.
That's a button though.
Sorry, but how can I access this from a different instance? I tried searching the community but it returned no result.
Well, now I have.
Like Beehaw? Well, it mostly inconveniences their own users..
Reddit issues. I was also deciding between raddle.me Lemmy, kbin.social and Mastodon.
Let’s start with Reddit. I like it, but they came with the ridiculous API pricing. There are now protests due to that, and I support those. I used the official app, I used new Reddit website, theoretically it wouldn’t affect me, but that doesn’t mean I won’t care.
Mastodon: Seems like fediverse Twitter. Not interesting to me.
Raddle: The closest one to Reddit. The frontpage just has a bunch of memes centered around the same topic and political stuff. This makes it feel like a community rather than diverse social network. There are different communities (called forums) but there’s no way to search for them. You get alphabetically sorted list. That’s the biggest issue for me. I’ll keep an eye on it for the future.
kbin.social: Pretty much lemmy just with additional features. In fact it is even compatible with Lemmy. I just don’t know how to search up magazines from lemmy instances. I might try it too.
Lemmy: Overall seems the best. Communities, UI, usability. Next question is choosing instance. sh.itjust.works was simply easy to sign up on and I heard controversial stuff about lemmy.ml on Raddle and Hacker News. But this is just testing account. If I’ll settle for Lemmy, I’ll sign up on lemmy.sdf.org.
You don't need to use desktop mode for old Reddit. It just makes things smaller but doesn't seem to change anything.