How does the search function work and why does it sometimes not work from different instances when searching All?

In other words -

  • I search for a community that exists on Lemmy instance A (e.g. midwest.social) from Lemmy instance B (e.g. lemmy.ml) and it finds it.
  • I search for that same community from Lemmy instance C (e.g. lemmy.one), and it doesn’t find it.
  • Lemmy instance A, B, and C are all connected / federated.
    • RoundSparrowEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      I’m assuming “Ask Lemmy” is like “Ask Reddit” where there is supposed to be an implied concept that you mean “Ask Lemmy Community”, and the word “Community” isn’t explicit.

      Right now the community description on the right sidebar says “A loosely moderated place to ask open ended questions”… it may be beneficial to make that more verbose: “A loosely moderated place to ask open ended questions to the Lemmy community of users”. Not to say newcomers will read that ;)

      • comfyEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        haha truth be told I’ve had an issue with that sidebar for months.