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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.
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Like others are saying it's a big deal for a lot of past and current members so I understand why it's getting so much traction, but yeah it does seem like the biggest threads are reddit. That said you can sort by hot or new and there is plenty of content that didnt come to reddit.
For example !startrek@startrek.website is run by the old /r/startrek team and other subreddits like daystrominstitute jumped on as well.
how do I follow the !startrek@startrek.website community using an account created on another instance? Every time I click a link there, it takes me to that instance and tells me I am no longer logged in and have to make another account (which I did at first but I'm regretting now because I'm getting myself confused, I think).
Two ways. You can either copy the link I shared, click the search icon on the top right and search the community and that will give you a link you can subscribe to. You can also click communities up top, switch to all, and then search "star trek"
Sorry if this is a silly question, but what link?
!startrek@startrek.website is the link but it'll probably be easier to just go here.
https://beehaw.org/search/q/%20startrek/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1
Which you can then select the one you want and it will take you to a link like this.
https://beehaw.org/c/startrek@startrek.website
Notice how it references the original link? the ! tells the site to view the community locally instead of opening it in it's native location.
It seems like it should be straightforward, but it doesn't appear to be working very well.
I just saw a community I wanted to follow. My account is in lemmy.fmhy.ml, and the community is in lemmy.world.
The link to the community is this: https://lemmy.world/c/sql
Following formatting standards, the link for me to be able to join SHOULD be https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/sql@lemmy.world correct?
But when I type that in I get "404: couldnt_find_community". This is true every time I try to simply change the community name. In fact I have not been able to go to a single community using the URL formatting in this way.
Am I misunderstanding something?
The trick I use is to double-search for it
On your instance, search for the full URL of the original community, then search again for just the community name
So for you:
https://lemmy.world/c/sqlsqlIt is not ideal, but it has worked on my instance every time