cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/350
In case your instance does not federate to something you would like it to, follow these steps:
- Go to your instance URL in a web browser - https://lemmy.cafe
- Click
Communities- Enter something in format !community@instance, e.g.
!general@lemmy.cafe. Click the search button.- Nothing will show up, give it a couple of seconds
- Click
Communitiesagain- Select
All- Your searched community should now be on the list
- Click
Subscribenext to it- ???
- Profit!


I did that. It finally showed up later in the day, but posts didn’t show up on my instance until almost a day later. I’m hoping this gets better with time.