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green_copper @kbin.earth

How to view a magazine which doesn't show up in search?

I noticed that not all magazines of federated (Lemmy) instances show up in search. So is there a way to open them anyway in Mbin and trigger fetching of content?
\ I already tried to open the /m/magazine@federated.instance URL directly but it only returns a 404.

3 comments

  • I'll need to double check for Mbin, but for Lemmy:

    • a community doesn't start federating to an instance until someone from that other instance tries to access it (in the same way you described)
    • once someone does that, it starts federating and takes a few seconds to a few minutes to show up

    Assuming mbin is the same, you could check back in a few minutes?

    • Yes, Mbin is basically the same.

      All you need to do is search the magazine in the global (non-magazine) search field, and then subscribe to it and activity from then on will start federating.