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)?

    • KoboldCoterie
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      1 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.