I am browsing subscribed@programming.dev, but I get this error. How do I subscribe to communities on other instances? This is a huge barrier to entry.
You can do it from your browser, log in to your instance and search for !turnbasedstrategy@lemmy.world or alternatively Lemmy.world/c/turnbasedstrategy, if it gives you zero results wait 10 to 30 seconds, then click on the result that says for example “turnbasestrategy - 1 subscriber” and join the community from there
Yeah but that’s just not convenient for your average Joe. Doesn’t matter now, since they’ve implemented the feature to subscribe from other instances.
Seems to be a bug in your chosen client. You don’t need to be logged in to remote instances to subscribe to communities on them.
Right, but I’m posting in the Liftoff community because this feature should be added to Liftoff. In fact, looks like it was added just one day after I posted.