this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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Communities aren't pulled in until at least one user on that instance subscribes.
A user can subscribe to a community that hasn't been pulled onto the instance yet by searching for it in the community page with the full URL, and changing all search settings to all. That'll pull in the most recent 3-5 posts.
Once they subscribe, all future posts, comments and votes will be synchronized over and cached locally on the instance.
So the smart thing to do is to create an account on every instance and view your new community at least once from each of them?
Nah, that'd be insane. People just need to know how to discover communities and how to subscribe to them. It's a learning curve. It's why I've been going around explaining this same thing like 50 times in the last 4 days.
I am using jerboa. How can I discover communities in the app?
Unfortunately, for now, you'll have to use your phone's browser. That's a feature that's coming later.
Once you've subscribed, then looking through your feeds and responding is way nicer in the app (at least that's my opinion).