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Atreju @lemmy.world

A really silly question about lemmy instances I believe

Hello folks! I created the MetalVinyl a few days ago and was just having a look on some other instances (I am on lemmy world and the sub was also created there - I believe?). Weirdly if I head over to lemm.ee or beehaw.org and try to find it, it's not showing up but I can see other subs from lemmy.world? Did I do anything wrong when creating it? Or is it fully normal that it seems to be only available for lemmy.world? Thanks in advance!

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  • Someone from the instance you are logged into must sub first. Until a singular user from a instance subs, you won't see it auto populate. If you want to be the one to initiate it, login on the instance you want to see the sub using your web browser and use the search function. You may have to search by !community@instance. Sometimes there is a delay in the search, so give it a few seconds.

    • Ok now it makes more sense, you mentioned I need to be logged in. I only have a lemmy.world account active so thats why I can't pull the result maybe. Even a search with the full name didn't give me any results - !metalvinyl@lemmy.world

  • I see it just fine when I clicked your link. I am guessing it has to do with the growth/user load of Lemmy.world. Hopefully the instance mods will be able to sort it out. For shits and giggles, create an account on a smaller instance and then visit it from there. I have a few accounts spread out amongst instances (started exploring the fediverse a few weeks ago to see how things work). I have been having trouble on my lemmy.workd account last few days, so I have played around on the other ones and don't have as rough of a time accessing and posting. Will eventually go back to the lemmy.world account when things improve. Just a matter of time.

    • Thanks so much, yeah maybe I should create another one as I am having big troubles with lemmy.world rn as well.

  • Copy the link and post it into the search bar on the remote instance. It might need to be refreshed a couple times before it shows up.

  • You have to search for it with its full name on the target instance, for example !metalvinyl@lemmy.world (not sure it's the correct handle, fix the name yourself if it isn't). That way the instance in question learns it exists. And after someone subscribes, it starts pulling the content regularly.

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