Communities Can't Be Found

posted 2 years ago

Hanabie@sh.itjust.works

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Hello,

I created the community “Japanese Metal” https://sh.itjust.works/c/japanese_metal The problem is, it can’t be found on several other instances. I tried on Lemm.ee and Kbin.social, and both return a “not found”. What’s wrong? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

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Wander@yiffit.net

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2 years ago

You need to be a user at that instance and write the community in the search box so that it’s discovered and fetched for the first time.

Type it in as !name@instance.domain

Search Wait a few seconds Refresh page if still doesn’t show. Then it should appear. Subscribe

This teaches the remote instance that this community exists.

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Hanabie@sh.itjust.worksOP

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2 years ago

I signed up there and searched the community, didn’t work. Waiting and refreshing also didn’t do anything.

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JohnnyCanuck@sh.itjust.works

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2 years ago

Are you searching on Jerboa?

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Hanabie@sh.itjust.worksOP

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2 years ago

Nope, was using my desktop.

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JohnnyCanuck@sh.itjust.works

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2 years ago

Okay, I’ve found searching with the full url in the search on the website of the instance you’re trying to see it on works best. So put “https://sh.itjust.works/c/japanese_metal” in the search. Initially you won’t get any results, but after a few minutes searching normally (just the name) will work. I don’t know how long, I usually just put the url search in then “walk away” and check back later.

You’ve confirmed that those instances are federated with this one? Like, other communities from here show up there?

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Hanabie@sh.itjust.worksOP

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2 years ago

Yes, both kbin.social and lemm.ee are federated with sh.itjust.works I think it just needs to register once on an instance, which still means it won’t pop up on many others, unless someone specifically searches for it – and why would they do that, if they’re just browsing the community list?

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