Is it possible to automatically subscribe to all (federated) communities with the same name?

Example in the screenshot: I want to follow !astronomy, and I don’t really care whether the content is coming from from Lemmy.World, kbin.social and mander.xyz - I just want to see it all.

Obviously I could manually subscribe to them all, but is it possible to do so automatically? Ideally if a new similar community pops up on another instance, I wouldn’t miss it.

I read here that community grouping is a thing, so that instances with identical communities can work together. Is that a feature that could work towards this end?

  • @DharkStare
    5•1 year ago

    You wouldn’t have to follow each community across all instances. You could just pick one and all posted content would land on each instance’s community.

    I’ve thought about something like that as well. I think it would be a pretty convenient feature.

    • @Losername
      4•1 year ago

      I want this as well. For example, I am a teacher and want to find teacher related discussions. I really don’t care which instance it is on. Just gimme the teacher drama and organization.

      Do I need to make several accounts to subscribe to them all? I’m kinda technology impaired and don’t understand internet stuff easy.

      • @derpysmilingcat
        2•1 year ago

        Unless it is on an instance that has federated from the one you’re on, like Lemmy.world and Beehaw, you only need the one account. .