Basically title. As you can see, I see this community and can post to it fine. But some others just return a 404.
This is the link that works (for kbin.social):
https://kbin.social/m/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
And here's one that doesn't:
https://kbin.social/m/imperor@lemmy.world
actual link: https://lemmy.world/c/imperor
Any input/Help would be appreciated!
20 Comments
Rooki@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
The communities have to get cached from your local instance. And sometimes it takes some time. I would suggest to search for it directly. And it looks like the url u send works now.
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Still returning 404 for me and searching directly on kbin doesn't give me results, sadly. Could it be also an issue with caching on my end? Like, do I need to clear cache and cookies? Would be odd, but I don't want to dismiss it as a requirement.
Rooki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Try another browser. Then you would 100% know if it is your currently browser
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Good suggestion! Thank you. Just tried it, still 404 for me. Really odd.
Rooki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Really odd ;( I am sorry to hear that.
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Searching for this helped @imperor
Now I can subscribe, but it's still empty, but it's not 404 anymore. Now I can access it through the link as well. Man, this federation stuff still is a bit midn-boggling despite being such a simple concept. Devil is in the details.
0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Wait for the instance to start caching content from the comm. It might even take a few days, but eventually, it will start caching. Sometimes it might lag though, like cache for a day or two, than stop for a day or two, than catch up... these are all home servers or VPSes, they're not as powerfull as the servers corps have at their disposal 🤷.
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah, that makes some sense. Seeing the community also says created by Ernest and like half an hour ago or so. Seems to me the instance creates a local copy, once it's first accessed (or automatically found) and that has to be cached periodically. Slowly starting to click together, how it all works.
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 3y
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !imperor@lemmy.world, !imperor@lemmy.world
cianmor@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 3y
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !iota@lemmy.world, !iota@lemmy.world
cianmor@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
b00m@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
This is the way I reach the instance through the kbin search field:
@ imperor@ lemmy.world (without the spaces)
I get this as a result:
https://kbin.social/search?q=%40imperor%40lemmy.world
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
That's the ticket! That one worked, thank you so much! Quick edit: I do see the community now and I can also access it via the link, though it's empty for me. Alas. Definitely a step in the right direction.
b00m@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
My pleasure 👍🏽
cianmor@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Worked for me too.. Thank you!