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submitted 2 years ago by Raincloud@beehaw.org to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

It's easy to discover communities on my instance via the dedicated page in the hamburger menu. But let's say I want to follow a community on another instance, such as !lemmy@lemmy.ml . I might have found its name mentioned in a post or comment. When I click on the provided link, I'm thrown on that instances web page, from which I of course can't subscribe.

So what I instead have to do is to copy the description of the link and paste it in my instance's search bar. Which isn't easy, since it's a link, so there isn't even a straightforward way to select the link text without clicking the link. This seems very unintuitive and makes the process of joining a whole bunch of communities tedious. Is there a better way?

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[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah, I'm not sure if it's because of the specific community ( !jerboa@lemmy.ml ) or because of the heavy load, but at least in App I don't see my own post/comment on the remote instance

edit: seems to be something special with the jerboa community. have comments on beehaw and lemmy.ml showing up without issues

[-] wiki_me@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There are issues open about this, "remote follow" and "Explanation for subscribing to community without login", donate or contribute so it will happen faster.

[-] xeronine@lemmy.biz 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve been going to homeinstance.tld/c/lemmy@lemmy.ml and subscribing that way.

I swear there has to be a better way though..

[-] luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com 1 points 2 years ago

As I understand it, there is a way to format links that will open the community on your current instance. I've seen people say that, anyway, but don't know what that link format is.

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