So far for me the process is very convoluted:
- I go to https://browse.feddit.de/ and find the community.
- Then I need to copy it’s name.
- Then I need to go to my particular instance (lemm.ee)
- Then I type manually in my browser address bar lemm.ee/c/<communityname>
- Then I go back to https://browse.feddit.de/ and copy the address of the original instance of the community.
- Then I go back and add the original instance address to already typed thing in step 4 like this lemm.ee/c/<communityname>@<originalinstanceofcommunity>
- Then I can finally subscribe!
Oh my God! Please, tell me there’s a better way of doing this!
EDIT: There is a better way! Solution is to … use the search function in your instances home page and select community (if it exists already) and search. This way I don’t need to go to browse.feddit.de anymore. And links will take me straight the the communities “reflection” in my own instance, where I can subscribe.
When I add
!privacy@lemmy.mlinto my search field, it doesn’t show anything - in fact, it ends up telling me that there are no results. I have to then go into the Communities tab again, and hope it shows up there.I can see it doing work as I watch the logs. But this is really a little weird/frustrating. I hope this sees improvement eventually! =)
I actually still don’t understand what exclamation mark does.
EDIT: I guess the goal for you would be to get to this page:
https://lemm.ee/search/q/privacy/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1
Then you can choose one of those privacy communities, click and go to them and it will take you to them while you’re still in your instance.
Good call! That said, I am still going to have to copy-paste a lot of community handles… Oh well, it works for now, I guess.
Thanks for the idea!
if you search for the actual URL it will show up in the search, as long as the type filter is set to All instead of Communities
Interesting. Will give it a try, thanks for the hint!