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Lemmy needs better integration/federation. Too much content is hidden. A community on the biggest instance was not visible to me on another large instance. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by Anon518@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I did a search from shitjustworks for "reddit die" and did not find https://lemmy.world/c/watchredditdie so I made https://sh.itjust.works/c/watchredditdie (unnecessarily). This should really not happen. When someone makes a community there should be a "ping" sent out to notify all other federated instances.

And from what I know, if I post to !sh.itjust.works/c/watchredditdie only users on sh.itjust.works will see the posts until other people from other instances randomly come across it somehow and subscribe? This really needs to be improved.

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[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 4 points 10 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !watchredditdie@lemmy.world, !watchredditdie@sh.itjust.works

[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

And this is another issue which hinders discoverability. It's nice there are tools and workarounds but their existence also signals the issue exists.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You can browse by instance on swift.

[-] Anon518@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

What is that?

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Woops, I meant Sync!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.syncapps.lemmy_sync

[-] GreatCornolio@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I really don't know how this is supposed to catch on, to be honest.

[-] ombremad@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If instances don’t want to federate with some or all other instances, that is their choice, and that’s on purpose. Some just want to have smaller communities, stronger moderation, and sometimes be entirely private.

If you’re looking for instances that federate with most, you should choose yours accordingly. And I think you won’t have an issue with that, because most popular instances chose to go this route.

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