What to do if we cannot find an instance in the search? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Fizz@lemmy.nz to c/support@lemmy.nz

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I am trying to find a community I created on lemmy.tf but nothing shows up. I created it yesterday night. Community is called guineapigs@lemmy.tf

Could it be that lemmy.tf and lemmy.nz are not federated? Does it take time for a new community to populate to the different instances search.

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[-] daluca@feddit.nz 1 points 1 year ago

In the search box you need to put [!guineapigs@lemmy.tf](/c/guineapigs@lemmy.tf). Hit search and it could take about 10 seconds to find if your the first person on this instance to look for that community. If it still hasn't appeared then refresh the page and it should show up.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I put that in the communities search bar and waited a min but nothing showed up. David's direct link allowed me to subscribe to the community so thats good.

[-] daluca@feddit.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Ah you need to click the magnifying glass icon in the top right. That should take you to https://lemmy.nz/search which is different from the community tab search, that search box there is more like a filter.

Try the steps above again and see if you have more success.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks now I can see the instance showing up.

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