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.

  • megsmagik@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    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

    • sarchar@programming.devOP
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      1 year ago

      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.

  • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.