Why cant I see all communities on my instance?
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Hey there! I'm quite new to the fediverse and got a question. On the instance I am, I can e.g. search for the community `!gonewild@fedinsfw.app`, which is being found and I can join it bla bla bla (or, as you see, post in this community here). But when searching for example for `!Anal@fedinsfw.app`, my instance says that it cant find anything. Is this intended behaviour and how do I know why it cant find it?

Hey there!

Already posted this on the instance itself, but there seems no explanation on why I can see one community, but not the other - no matter what I’m looking for.

Might this be a Lemmy←→PieFed problem?

Flagged as NSFW, because the link will then refer to NSFW communities.

  • BladeFederation@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    1 个月前

    Wait a sec, I thought it was if someone on your instance subscribes to A community in another instance. How is the first person supposed to find a specific community without discovery?

      • Auster@thebrainbin.org
        1·
        1 个月前

        Also Mbin and Friendica, both supporting thread posts, have microblogging functions (e.g. boosts and following users) which help populating each other and indirectly Piefed and Lemmy.

    • wjs018@piefed.wjs018.xyzEnglish
      2·
      1 个月前

      How is the first person supposed to find a specific community without discovery

      I think discoverability is one of the biggest issues facing the fediverse in general and the threadiverse specifically. There are third-party sites that try to catalog the wider ecosystem of communities (like lemmyverse - click the dropdown to switch between lemmy/piefed/mbin), but relying on third-party services like that is far from an ideal solution, and it is a barrier of entry to casual, non-techie users.