Not sure if this is the best place to post, but I’m trying to figure Lemmy out. Suppose I want to subscribe to !news@beehaw.org using this account… how do I do that?
When I go to the “communities” tab and search for “news”… doesn’t show up there. I can search for “technology” and find results for !technology@beehaw.org. I can go to a URL on this domain for that community; but plopping the word “news” instead of “technology” in that URL gives me a 404.
Do the admins of this instance have to whitelist specific other communities before people here can subscribe to them? Have they done that with “technology” but not “news”? (I understand if that’s the case. Probably want to keep programmers.dev on topic. Just trying to figure out how lemmy works)
I’m wondering about creating new communities on other instances. Can I use my account here to create a community on another instance? Or do I need to juggle a bunch of Lemmy accounts? Can I at least do moderation across instances?
The way I understand it is you cannot create a community on another instance, but you can definitely moderate across instances (according to what I’ve read today). You just need a person native to that instance to make the community for you and add you as a mod