I saw this comment which included a link to a crosspost in a different community. When I open that link, I see the post and the top of the view has the community name with menu. But I seem to be able to do everything (subscribe, favourite, block, read the sidebar) except just ‘open’ the community to see other posts. Am I missing the right place to click / menu entry?

  • @CreatureSurviveM
    2•6 months ago

    Looking at this, it appears the comment you linked includes a community link, not a crosspost link. Tapping the link seems to open the the correct community to the post feed. I see the community looks quite new, perhaps you were the first one on your instance to interact with that community, which could mean there was just a delay in federating the rest of the posts in that community. Is it possible you opened that link expecting it to open a single crosspost, and instead it opened to a community with only one post showing, thus mistaking it for an open post the views are quite similar in appearance)?

    If not, I may need some clarification on this issue, perhaps I misunderstood.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      Ok, maybe this is just me still being a bit confused by federation. As the link opened the post, I’d assumed it was a crosspost link. Following it now, I see a different, single post. Viewing the sidebar, it suggests there should be 5 posts, and when I originally went there, it said 4. Given that I now see a single new post, those numbers add up—there are 3 missing somewhere.

      But you’re right, it is a new community and so maybe it will just work out eventually.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        Incidentally, I’ve turned off Hide Read for both feed and community, but I now see no posts in that community. Is there also a profile setting that affects this?

          • @CreatureSurviveM
            1•6 months ago

            Ahh, I hadn’t even thought about that. Good catch. By the way you can also access most of those account settings from your profile page in Arctic, by pressing the gear icon.

            • @[email protected]OPEnglish
              1•6 months ago

              Fab—that’s much easier. Maybe the Arctic settings for Hide Read could check and pop up a warning if they don’t ‘match’? Or even just change it for convenience?