Hi there! I’m another reddit refugee, been lurking here since the API fiasco.

How do I search for a community across the several federated instances? Is there a directory somewhere?

Thanks!

  • PugJesus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    In the search bar for communities, you should have options for ‘local’ and ‘all’. ‘Local’ just gives you your own instance, while ‘all’ should give you the whole fediverse. I think. Don’t quote me.

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyzOP
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      1 year ago

      The way it was explained to me, that feature is a bit misleading. This instance is only aware of outside communities that have been acessed by other users of this instance. So when you search, you’re searching that subset, not all of the currently existing communities on all federated instances. So if know there’s a community called !veryspecificcommunity@someinstance but it doesn’t show up on search, I’d have to type in the full address in the search bar to make mander.xyz aware of its existence. Then I’d be able to interact with it.

  • jdf038@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I recommend an app if anything. Connect for Android works wonders for me. Not sure about iOS. Have fun! It’s been a good time so far and it’s growing for sure.