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How to initiate federation to an instance

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/350

In case your instance does not federate to something you would like it to, follow these steps:

  • Go to your instance URL in a web browser - https://lemmy.cafe
  • Click Communities
  • Enter something in format <!community@instance>, e.g. !general@lemmy.cafe. Click the search button.
  • Nothing will show up, give it a couple of seconds
  • Click Communities again
  • Select All
  • Your searched community should now be on the list
  • Click Subscribe next to it
  • ???
  • Profit!
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  • Tried this, and it's not working. The instance I'm on still cannot see mlemapp@lemmy.ml

    • You need to add an exclamation mark in front.

      • There’s a little bit of a delay as well sometimes between the search results showing “no results” to showing the community - I think the server may take a couple of seconds to do a lookup start federation, and show the community as a valid result. Just a heads up.

      • It finally showed up later in the day, but posts didn't show up on my instance until almost a day later. I'm hoping this gets better with time.

    • Don't know what else to try - I've just subscribed to it. Is your instance up to date? Any other differences?

      • It took several hours before I could subscribe, and almost a day for any posts to start showing up. I hope this gets better with time.

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