how do I follow the !startrek@startrek.website community using an account created on another instance? Every time I click a link there, it takes me to that instance and tells me I am no longer logged in and have to make another account (which I did at first but I’m regretting now because I’m getting myself confused, I think).
Two ways. You can either copy the link I shared, click the search icon on the top right and search the community and that will give you a link you can subscribe to. You can also click communities up top, switch to all, and then search “star trek”
But when I type that in I get “404: couldnt_find_community”. This is true every time I try to simply change the community name. In fact I have not been able to go to a single community using the URL formatting in this way.
I’m too lazy to edit the url or type out the community name so I just search in “posts” instead of “communities” for the keyword (in this case “star trek”). This place is still small enough that the community I’m looking for is usually one of the top results.
It’s one of the biggest flaws of Lemmy so far. The link actually takes you to the instance where that community is. You made your account on another instance, so it’s like trying to log into Gmail with Yahoo.
You have to search for the community link in your instance browser.
Now I can’t get into more details cause I’m in a hurry, but If you didn’t already look into how federation works. I hope someone will reply with a more complete answer
how do I follow the !startrek@startrek.website community using an account created on another instance? Every time I click a link there, it takes me to that instance and tells me I am no longer logged in and have to make another account (which I did at first but I’m regretting now because I’m getting myself confused, I think).
Two ways. You can either copy the link I shared, click the search icon on the top right and search the community and that will give you a link you can subscribe to. You can also click communities up top, switch to all, and then search “star trek”
Sorry if this is a silly question, but what link?
When I search for it on this instance, nothing comes up.
!startrek@startrek.website is the link but it’ll probably be easier to just go here.
https://beehaw.org/search/q/ startrek/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1
Which you can then select the one you want and it will take you to a link like this.
https://beehaw.org/c/startrek@startrek.website
Notice how it references the original link? the ! tells the site to view the community locally instead of opening it in it’s native location.
It seems like it should be straightforward, but it doesn’t appear to be working very well.
I just saw a community I wanted to follow. My account is in lemmy.fmhy.ml, and the community is in lemmy.world.
The link to the community is this: https://lemmy.world/c/sql
Following formatting standards, the link for me to be able to join SHOULD be https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/sql@lemmy.world correct?
But when I type that in I get “404: couldnt_find_community”. This is true every time I try to simply change the community name. In fact I have not been able to go to a single community using the URL formatting in this way.
Am I misunderstanding something?
The trick I use is to double-search for it
On your instance, search for the full URL of the original community, then search again for just the community name
So for you:
https://lemmy.world/c/sqlsqlIt is not ideal, but it has worked on my instance every time
I’m too lazy to edit the url or type out the community name so I just search in “posts” instead of “communities” for the keyword (in this case “star trek”). This place is still small enough that the community I’m looking for is usually one of the top results.
It’s one of the biggest flaws of Lemmy so far. The link actually takes you to the instance where that community is. You made your account on another instance, so it’s like trying to log into Gmail with Yahoo.
You have to search for the community link in your instance browser.
Now I can’t get into more details cause I’m in a hurry, but If you didn’t already look into how federation works. I hope someone will reply with a more complete answer