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c/sdfpubnix · by funchords@lemmy.sdf.org · 3y

Trying to connect to community on another server, but 'not found'

I'm new to lemmy.

When I search for !loseit@discuss.tchncs.de I get a No results. error. It does exist. Other discuss.tchncs.de communities come up when I search just that string.

Is it something I'm doing wrong?

EDIT: Working now. It seems it just needs time to reach out and do things. Not an intuitive experience at all -- feels broken -- but it eventually does function.

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p0ppe@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 3y

Something wrong with the federation? The subscriber count for different communities also seem a whole lot lower here than on other Lemmy instances. https://lemmy.sdf.org/communities/listing_type/All/page/1 for example states that !Lemmy.world@lemmy.world only has 83 subscribers.

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 3y

It can take a little while for your home instance to federate with the remote server and find/cache the community in question. When in doubt, search for the full URL of the community, that's what works the most consistently for me.

Denuath@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (5 replies)

This is weird, I also can't access it directly via https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/loseit@discuss.tchncs.de, even though discuss.tchncs.de is a linked instance on lemmy.sdf.org. But I can access the community via another instance, for example https://lemmy.world/c/loseit@discuss.tchncs.de. I'm also new to the fediverse, so I don't know what the solution to this problem is.

Edit: Found a solution, see my other comment.

funchords@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y

Yes, it seems to be working now ... first try.

estee@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Having the same issue with some remote communities. I've been trying to access !chatt@feddit.nu for some time.

funchords@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I can see it from https://feddit.nu/c/chatt ... agreed that it is not working. Weirdly, my original example is working now.

estee@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's working now. I guess it was just a matter of time and syncing.

funchords@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y

Got it.

nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y

I think it can take a while for it to sync up after you do the initial search.

Denuath@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Ah I think I got it working now, the link https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/loseit@discuss.tchncs.de should work now. What I did:

  • Login to your home instance (lemmy.sdf.org in your case)
  • Click on Search and search for the community you want to go to with the full link. So that would be https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/loseit in your case.
  • Wait until it finds something. Even when it says "No Results", just wait a bit longer.
  • As soon as it finds the other community, you should then be able to connect to it from your home instance.