I just created a community on the dbzer0 instance and I couldn’t find it here on the reddthat instance. How does Lemmy work? I’m so confused

  • Yoru_Sulfur@lemmy.davidbuckley.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I am not an expert, but my understanding is that you have to use the search function (Top right of the page)

    1. Copy the URL of the community you created
    2. Paste it into the search box
    3. Wait (It can take a little bit, it will say “No results.” at first)
    4. Once it shows up, you can click in and subscribe

    By default all instances don’t send all activity to all other instances (that would get crazy as activity scaled up). When someone on instance A (reddthat for example) subscribes to a community on instance B (dbzer0 for example), then the instances will start sharing the activity between each other

  • jake_eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What device are you on?

    The search function on Jerboa (Android app) seems pretty good for finding communities. Though I suppose if it didn’t find something, I wouldn’t know.