zinklogJun 8, 2023

What are some great communities to follow that are not on lemmy.ml or beehaw

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/1692

What are some great communities to follow that are not on lemmy.ml or beehaw - FMHY

The way Lemmy works right now is you search a community in your instance for it to then get shown, so you need to first discover that community from elsewhere. With that in mind, what are some growing communities that you discovered that could get some more love?

Show thread_edJun 8, 2023
[email protected] is the long running cat-pic community.
Show threadtimmytbtJun 8, 2023
Sorry, complete newb here. So if I want to subscribe to cats I click on the link above and then what?
Show thread_edJun 8, 2023

Good question! You can copy the text [email protected], then click the magnifying glass at top right and search for the community.

It should then come up in your search results, where you can visit from your own instance, and click to subscribe.

Show threadEvan
Mastodon suffers from similar annoyances. I feel like this system could be improved, it's pretty confusing for beginners. I support frontends rewriting links, I suppose (though I suppose there is the tricky issue of deciding what links point to the fedi. Maybe "[email protected]" should not be a link....)
Jun 8, 2023 at 10:38pmWeb
Show threadprestonJun 8, 2023
I agree, the copy->search user experience for exploring the fediverse is pretty terrible. For Lemmy at least, maybe any community ! links should automatically try to resolve on your instance? I also wouldn't mind an extra little popup on hover, letting you choose to follow the link through to the original instance or have it search/open on your home.
Show threadMacJun 9, 2023

Which is actually funny when you think about it because that would be integral to utilizing the benefits of the Fediverse.

It will get figured out in time.

Show thread_edJun 8, 2023
Most definitely, although with many of these projects its probably not a case of not wanting to make it easier, but simply that it hasnt been implemented yet. I generally tend to link so that people can check out the community being referred to -
Show threadMacJun 9, 2023
It doesn't even work on mobile for me. I save posts for later to join on my desktop. Lol