I tried every ways to find communities from other instances. Searching for the url, searching for !communityname@instance.com, with the filter “all”, and I always get no results.

Those are communities that I find in other instances and would like to join. Nothing works.

How do you do it??

  • Freeman@lemmy.pub
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    I have noticed it being particularly buggy on a mobile page browser. I think the mobile browsers are more aggressive about caching data and not fully refreshing pages.

    I sat down and did it on a desktop last night. I would spam search and wait a bit. Some particularly overloaded instances took longer (ie:lemmy.ml) then waited.

    I basically had this page open with my instance url setup for the links to be properly formatted. https://lemmyverse.net/

    Then had 2 or 3 duplicate tabs open for searching. I would go through one. Spam search. Go find another and do similar in the other tab. Then go check the first etc etc.

    Also lemmy.world was particularly buggy I suspect they are overloaded. Along with lemmy.ml for subscribing.

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      1 year ago

      That would make sense. I haven’t been able to login on my instance today. All I get is the round arrow that spins forever. I tried in several browsers, couldn’t login. I only have access here because of Jerboa.

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        1 year ago

        I have been considering opening my instance to others. The focus will not be on building communities but just federation and users.