So far for me the process is very convoluted:

  1. I go to https://browse.feddit.de/ and find the community.
  2. Then I need to copy it’s name.
  3. Then I need to go to my particular instance (lemm.ee)
  4. Then I type manually in my browser address bar lemm.ee/c/<communityname>
  5. Then I go back to https://browse.feddit.de/ and copy the address of the original instance of the community.
  6. Then I go back and add the original instance address to already typed thing in step 4 like this lemm.ee/c/<communityname>@<originalinstanceofcommunity>
  7. Then I can finally subscribe!

Oh my God! Please, tell me there’s a better way of doing this!

EDIT: There is a better way! Solution is to … use the search function in your instances home page and select community (if it exists already) and search. This way I don’t need to go to browse.feddit.de anymore. And links will take me straight the the communities “reflection” in my own instance, where I can subscribe.

    • @Hedup@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Thank you! The search icon was so small on lemm.ee that I didn’t notice. It actually works much better! You’re a saviour!

      How do I properly close this thread? Do I have to? Can I mark it as solved somehow?

    • Yote.zipEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      I think it’s a bit harder when you’re on a smaller server. If someone from your server hasn’t subscribed yet I don’t think it shows up like that. In this case, I’ve followed the info in the top right of the webui, and entered !community@example.server into the search, which pulls it correctly.

    • @foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but that search only exposes the communities that at least one of the servers members is currently subscribed to. It is not a list of all possible communities. This works okay if your server has a lot of members because it will likely surface the main popular communities, but it’s misleading that it’s all communities and someone had to do it the hard way like OP said the first time around.

  • @thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    You can copy the link to the other community in full (something like instance.url/c/community_name) and go back to your community and go into the search menu. Paste the link in and you’ll see the community in the search results. Click that link and you can subscribe

  • @ciko22i3@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    On the top of lemm.ee website there is a button “Communities”. Select “All” instead of “Local” and you can search for any community.

  • @PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    Check out https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/61827

    • If anyone else on your instance has already subbed, you can “just” visit /communities/ on the instance where your account is and click subscribe.
    • If you’re the first to discover this sub, it’s an annoying process. The steps I’m used to (and that are described in the post above) are different than what you described. I’m not sure how much easier they are, but they’re what I recommend and have found easiest among approaches I’ve tested.
  • miv 💽English
    1•2 years ago

    if there was kind a data export feature. maybe we could export list of subscription list then we can import to other instance. it could be like mastodon migration.

    • @Hedup@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Do you mean like when creating another account on a different instance?

  • hybrid havocEnglish
    1•2 years ago
    1. Go to https://browse.feddit.de/ and find the community.
    2. Copy the URL for the community - they actually have a copy button right next to the link to make this easier (i.e. https://lemmy.ml/c/asklemmy)
    3. Go to your particular instance
    4. Use your instance’s search and paste in the URL from step 2.
    5. Click the search result that represents that community. You are now viewing and can subscribe to that community from your own instance.
  • MentalEdgeEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    It’s easier to just type/paste in the address of the community on the search page of your instance in the !name@instan.ce format.

    You can then click the result and just hit subscribe.

    Would be nice if Jerboa and the web UI just translated links in that format so that theyd just open from your instance and let you sub instantly.

    ATM they just open in the browser and display from the hosting instance, preventing an easy sub.

    • UndeariusEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      The link doesn’t even need to be in that format. Simply copying the link from the fediverse button (the rainbow Pentagon) and pasting that in your instances search will bring it up. It should only be a 3 step process. Although I still feel that can be a little clunky.

      For discovery I browse the community list of whichever instance I’m viewing and then link it back to my home instance. I just wish I knew of a way to view the list of communities from an instance directly from my home instance. (Other than selecting the All filter from my home instance community list)

    • @jmp242@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      I don’t know how a browser would know to open a link in a different webpage. An extension could possibly do it, an app can if you browse in it or paste into it, but at that point pasting into the search on your instance seems the same to me.

      It seems a little too bad they didn’t make it like a different protocol so the browser could send it to an program to handle like a mailto link, but otoh, this would mean it’s not clickable just with a browser, which is less than ideal.

      I guess after Mastodon I just got in the habit of copying the link to my instance search field.

      • @epyon22@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        I think it’s possible with some logic basically if url and/or string meets some basic rules

        !community@domain,

        https://domain/c/community

        ect convert to local instance community url. Update logic for local community urls to look for community if not available locally and display. So first time navigating to a community might take a little bit longer but seems very possible.

        Edit: ugh some formatting issues Edit2: to be clear I’ve been looking at the source code to figure it out and make a pull requests to make this happen

  • Ingwie PhoenixEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    When I add !privacy@lemmy.ml into my search field, it doesn’t show anything - in fact, it ends up telling me that there are no results. I have to then go into the Communities tab again, and hope it shows up there.

    I can see it doing work as I watch the logs. But this is really a little weird/frustrating. I hope this sees improvement eventually! =)