I've heard that one of the big features of Lemmy is that users from one instance can interact and follow users from different instances. But I can't figure out how exactly that works. I made a community earlier (on mander.xyz) and when I tried searching for it from a different instance (lemmy.world) it wouldn't show up. However, a comment I made on another post made by lemmy.world user on lemmy.ml did show up. How does this work?
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Jeef@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
I had this issue as well for a community i made in another instance. If no one from your instance has looked at it before it won't sync. to force the check in the search use !community@website.url The bang before forces the check and should help find it
mizu6079@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
it's still not working..
Jeef@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Interesting. I just logged in with my lemmy.world user and was able to find the community and make a comment on it. Can you try again and see if its still not showing up?
mizu6079@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
I've seen your comment. I was logged out and it works now that I've made an account on lemmy.world and signed in. Thanks!
mizu6079@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
UPDATE: It works after signing in! Thanks a lot!
deadly4u@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
Have you already confirmed that you can search for other communities belonging to other instances?