I noticed that some instances put a registration wall behind their communities. If you are registered in instance A, you can search for a specific community in instance B but cannot see the full list of communities there. Is there a workaround (besides asking someone from B to give a list of the instance)?

    • @denemdenemOP
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      11 year ago

      Oh, they use the same instance A, instance B analogy I tried to cook up here. Glad it is already an ongoing issue!

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    You should be able to see the community list even when not logged in by visiting their instance and clicking Communities -> Local, unless they’ve somehow blocked that. (For instance, if I go to lemmy.ml and click Communities, I can see plenty of communities that don’t show up under the ‘All’ communities list on my local instance.)

    • oldindianmonk
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      11 year ago

      How do I subscribe to those? Manually copy paste and edit link?

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        No need to even edit it; rightclick the community link -> Copy Link Address, then go back to your instance, click the search icon, and search for that full URL.

        For example, I can go to your instance, click Communities, copy the first one ( https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyworld ), and search for that locally. One of the results is for the community as a whole. I can then click that search result, and I’m taken to that community via my instance, where I can subscribe.

        It’d be nice to have a cleaner path, but it’s not too much of a hassle.

        Also, note that once you subscribe, the community will show on your local Communities list (if ‘All’ is chosen) for everyone in your instance.

    • @denemdenemOP
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      41 year ago

      Haha, you got me. Yeah, they are mostly the nsfw communities. But what is a man without his urges and what is an instance which can’t list its communities? It’s just weird.

      • NebLem
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        31 year ago

        Make sure your account has ‘show nsfw content’ turned on to view nsfw communities your instance knows about in the search.

        • @denemdenemOP
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          31 year ago

          Yeah, that is already turned on. That is part of what made me confused.

          • piece
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            41 year ago

            Too bad that’s the only thing being turned on as of now eheh

      • @smelody_poop
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        21 year ago

        Which specific nsfw communities? So I can, you know, avoid them.

        • @denemdenemOP
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          21 year ago

          Mostly https://lemmynsfw.com There are some niche instances I saw thrown around but if you have a specific kink you have to look for yourself using the search feature. If you search for your kink and a community exists about it, it should show up.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    Can’t you just go to that instance and list the communities there? I don’t think you need an account to list the communities

  • NebLem
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    21 year ago

    Instance A needs to be informed about each community on instance B (by searching for them in instance A) before they will list on instance A.

  • Sphere
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    11 year ago

    I haven’t found it necessary to register to see the list of communities on another instance. I just went to that instance in a browser and clicked on ‘communities’ to see the list.

  • Drew
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    11 year ago

    It’s stupid but what I do now is just open the instance in a browser. Seems simple to implement as a view from your own instance, so I hope that happens.