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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello!

All this federation is so cool but also so new :-) which makes it even cooler IMO!

I thought you could "sub" to another Lemmy sub, for example I thought this one was potentially nice:

https://sh.itjust.works/c/plugins

But how can I, if I can, sub to that sub when I'm logged here on lemmy.ml ?

Cheers and thanks!

Edit: spelling

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The easiest to explain method:

Copy the link https://sh.itjust.works/c/plugins
Paste it to search box at lemmy.ml
The search results open the foreign sub while staying in your own instance
Subscribe

The other way:

Click this link to skip some of the steps above:
https://lemmy.ml/c/[email protected]
Look how I made this link, you can do the same for other subs too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Slightly unintuitive but works perfectly well!

Thanks a bunch 💖!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is only if no one on your instance has subscribed to that community yet. Once one user has all you'd need to do is search "plugins" and It would pop up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You have to follow a specific URL scheme. In your case it's

https://lemmy.ml/c/[email protected]

So it's always yourinstance.com/c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

But you don't need to remember this. Copy the URL "https://sh.itjust.works/c/plugins" into search on your instance, and it should come up.

If you're the first person on your instance, sometimes it can take some time, or require a refresh, but it should work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All of the others forgot to mention one thing. Currently there is a bug to subscribe to a community.

So if there is no button in the sidebar, that is because the bug.

[–] kan 1 points 2 years ago

I've found the way around that is to enter any random post in that community and the sub appears on the sidebar now.

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