The community does not show up in search, and when I enter the full link (!community@ instance.com) , it seems to treat it as a string to search for rather than an address.

  • Coelacanth
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    1 year ago

    I just assumed that was where your Lemmy account was that you used to search. Did you search from Sync without being logged in? It wouldn’t surprise me if lemmy.world is the default instance, since that’s where ljdawson is registered.

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      1 year ago

      No, I’m logged in. And it’s a small enough instance that I’m sure nobody’s messing with it or defederating it.

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        1 year ago

        Can you find the community when searching for it from your Lemmy instance in a browser?

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, used the link to access it in the browser from my lemmy account and subscribed. It showed up in sync shortly after

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            1 year ago

            That’s been my experience too, browser is still the only reliable way to initiate discovery of an unfederated remote community as far as I know.

            EDIT: actually it might be working on Voyager

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              1 year ago

              Aren’t communities federated or not on a instance by instance basis, though? Did I get that wrong?

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                1 year ago

                No that is correct. I was merely correcting that finding an unfederated remote community works not only in browser but also on the Voyager app.