How to subscribe to a community in another instance?

When I subscribe in a community in another instance it always says "pending " in yellow. I can comment but I am not officially subscribed to the community. E.g. subscribing to "!nostupidquestions@lemmy.ml"

Maybe I just need to wait.

Edit: It says "subscribe pending" in yellow

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9 Comments

hagelslager@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 3y

Disregard it, it's a bug and you're subscribed.

JASN_DE@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y

lemmy.ml

They seem to have issues. For some people it takes ages, for some it works instantly, for some it simply doesn't.

moreeni@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

You do need to wait. lemmy.ml specifically has experienced heavy load recently and doesn't always process your requests instantly

alldreadme@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah it does that sometimes, usually with lemmy.ml

If it doesn't get subscribed try clicking on pending and then subscribe again.

AskThinkingTim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

The pending still remains. However, it is currently listed on my subscriptions. I think that means I am subscribed.

CorInABox@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

A note for folks who didn't know this - if you're using kbin, when you search for lemmy communities to subscribe to you should remove the ! from the search query (eg, use nostupidquestions@lemmy.ml instead of !nostupidquestions@lemmy.ml). This way you will find the community instead of related posts.

AskThinkingTim@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

I'm replying from kbin to prove to others that it's possible and that you are correct :)

tallwookie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

for communities on other instances (that are federating with your home instance), search (from your home instance) for !communityname@domainname

that works, most of the time. otherwise it's a federation replication issue or a bug.

jg1i@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Weird. I usually have to click "Subscribe" a few times to get the yellow "pending" status. Kinda sucks.