I noticed that some instances put a registration wall behind their communities. If you are registered in instance A, you can search for a specific community in instance B but cannot see the full list of communities there. Is there a workaround (besides asking someone from B to give a list of the instance)?
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shadeless@feddit.de · 5 pts · 3y
You can use https://browse.feddit.de/ and instead of searching for a community, enter the instance (enter "lemmy.ml" for example) and then it should give you a list of all communities in that instance
denemdenem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Oh, they use the same instance A, instance B analogy I tried to cook up here. Glad it is already an ongoing issue!
pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev · 4 pts · 3y
Currently no, there's no way, here's the issue discussing about this
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2951
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 3 pts · 3y
You should be able to see the community list even when not logged in by visiting their instance and clicking Communities -> Local, unless they've somehow blocked that. (For instance, if I go to lemmy.ml and click Communities, I can see plenty of communities that don't show up under the 'All' communities list on my local instance.)
OldIndianMonk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
How do I subscribe to those? Manually copy paste and edit link?
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 2 pts · 3y
No need to even edit it; rightclick the community link -> Copy Link Address, then go back to your instance, click the search icon, and search for that full URL.
For example, I can go to your instance, click Communities, copy the first one ( https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyworld ), and search for that locally. One of the results is for the community as a whole. I can then click that search result, and I'm taken to that community via my instance, where I can subscribe.
It'd be nice to have a cleaner path, but it's not too much of a hassle.
Also, note that once you subscribe, the community will show on your local Communities list (if 'All' is chosen) for everyone in your instance.
neblem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Instance A needs to be informed about each community on instance B (by searching for them in instance A) before they will list on instance A.
i_am_hiding@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Why can't you go to instanceb.com/communities to see the community names? You don't need to be logged in.
roseh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Can't you just go to that instance and list the communities there? I don't think you need an account to list the communities
Edo78@feddit.it · 2 pts · 3y
I haven't noticed it. Can you provide an example?
denemdenem@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Haha, you got me. Yeah, they are mostly the nsfw communities. But what is a man without his urges and what is an instance which can't list its communities? It's just weird.
neblem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Make sure your account has 'show nsfw content' turned on to view nsfw communities your instance knows about in the search.
denemdenem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah, that is already turned on. That is part of what made me confused.
pieceofcrazy@feddit.it · 4 pts · 3y
Too bad that's the only thing being turned on as of now eheh
Edo78@feddit.it · 2 pts · 3y
Surely I'm not here to judge 👍
smelody_poop@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Which specific nsfw communities? So I can, you know, avoid them.
denemdenem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Mostly https://lemmynsfw.com There are some niche instances I saw thrown around but if you have a specific kink you have to look for yourself using the search feature. If you search for your kink and a community exists about it, it should show up.
shortwavesurfer@monero.house · 2 pts · 3y
The only way i know of personally is go to the target instance and click "communities
trachemys@iusearchlinux.fyi · 2 pts · 3y
There is https://browse.feddit.de/, but it doesn’t have everything (missing lemmy.ml for one). And showing every community on one instance would require unselecting every since other instance.
mrmanager@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 3y
This site lists them but in popularity order I believe.
https://browse.feddit.de/
sphere_au@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 3y
I haven't found it necessary to register to see the list of communities on another instance. I just went to that instance in a browser and clicked on 'communities' to see the list.
crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
It's stupid but what I do now is just open the instance in a browser. Seems simple to implement as a view from your own instance, so I hope that happens.