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I've been on lemmy.ml for a while but have not figured out how to join other instances of lemmy (like subreddits?). The couple of other groups ask for a login but my current login doesn't work. I don't know how to proceed or where to look for a guide. Thanks for any assistance.

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[โ€“] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 6 points 1 year ago

Per rule #3, we don't offer support in this community - please check the sidebar for a list of communities that can help you out with this question.

[โ€“] baronvonj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you go to https://lemmy.ml/communities then click All you will see communities from all federated instances. Communities from other instances will have @<instance> displayed. If you don't see one in specific you can search for !<community>@<instance> (you may have to wait a minute and search a second time if it's the first time anyone has searched for that community).

As far as browsing those other communities, that will be https://lemmy.ml/c/@. For example https://lemmy.ml/c/guitars@lemmy.world

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !guitars@lemmy.world

In Lemmy, subreddits are known as communities. You join a community by its name, for example !mycommunity@example. Do a search for that community, click on the search result, and you'll be given an option to subscribe. Note that the search might come up as 0 results even though you got the community name right. It's just taking longer to find the community.

[โ€“] ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to join through your home instance (lemmy.ml) like going to https://lemmy.ml/c/foodporn@lemmy.world if someone from your instance has subscribed to the community or go to lemmy.ml and search for !foodporn@lemmy.world (you might have to wait a bit)

[โ€“] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !foodporn@lemmy.world

Good bot, this is what I'm talking about

[โ€“] col@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

to subscribe to communities in other instances, search for them, go to community, look in the sidebar and hit subscribe. For example to subscribe to !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world click that link, look in the sidebar, hit the subscribe button.

[โ€“] babumenos@lemmy.studio 0 points 1 year ago

I would like to know that, too.