It works fine if I am using a lemmy.world based account, but for other instances it isn't working. It is not just for me either, other users are reporting the same thing. What can I do to fix this?
It works fine if I am using a lemmy.world based account, but for other instances it isn't working. It is not just for me either, other users are reporting the same thing. What can I do to fix this?
15 Comments
PriorProject@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
New communities don't automatically federate. Someone who is logged into the instance has to interact with them to cause their instance to discover the new community.
See https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/61827 for more details.
But your community will show up on lemmyverse.net, and will show up for people on your instance. Beyond that you have to advertise it in new-community communities and in juggling adjacent communities where interested folks might hang out.
tjthejuggler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I see, thank you for taking the time to make this explanation, I really appreciate it!
fubo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Just access the community while logged in to another instance; then it will be visible to search.
For example, it's over there: https://programming.dev/c/juggling@lemmy.world
And it's visible in their search: https://programming.dev/search?q=juggling&type=Communities
lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3y
See the other message I have written - you should always recommend search. The URL only works if someone has already searched for that community. If you're on a big instance, that's almost always true, but on a smaller instance it often isn't.
Haggunenons@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Same issue with
!digitalbioacoustics@lemmy.world
Thanks for the info, fixed now
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world · 2 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: !juggling@lemmy.world
tjthejuggler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Excellent! Thanks so much, this is precisely what I needed to learn!
lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 3y
The above advice isn't perfect - in general, use Search first.
Until the first person searches for a community on your instance, your instance doesn't know about it and the URL won't work. Searching (usually using the !community@instance.com form) should always work.
Equally, your instance doesn't start pulling data on a community (messages etc.) until someone subscribes to it, and then when subscribed it will sometimes take a a few hours to get it all (it should immediately start getting new posts and comments).
tjthejuggler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Excellent! Thanks so much for the info, this clears things up. I appreciate it.
aiccount@monyet.cc · 3 pts · 3y
From monyet.cc most of the comments in this thread are missing.
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world · 3 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: !juggling@lemmy.world
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 2 pts · 3y
It's working for me
tjthejuggler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Thankyou
walden@sub.wetshaving.social · 2 pts · 2y
Shows up for me when I search for "!juggling@lemmy.world"
tjthejuggler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Thank you! I'm surprised you found such an old unpopular post.