Yet another lemmy instance proudly hosted in Montreal, Canada. Still need to get a icon created, if there are any designers here who would like to contribute please feel free to post!

  • itzpeaEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I’m new here, to this Lemmy thing as well as this ‘instance’? (I feel like I’m using hip new words).

    I think I have managed to subscribe to a boardgame community that is hosted on !boardgames feddit.de- I can’t see the comments and such when viewing from here as well.

    I’m also having difficulty finding and adding this solo boardgame community because I can’t get it to show up in the search box. Is this a Lemmy thing or an instance thing?

    • justpassingbyEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I think the issue with feddit.de is that, “I think”, it is blocking the federetaion with this server. I may be totally wrong, since I am digging how this works for like 1h, but I can see this server as “blocked” here: https://lemmymap.feddit.de/ I wish there was a list instead of the map because it is unreadable, but you can search for sh.itjust.works there. Remember to select “blocked” first in the bottom left.

      EDIT: Incorrect information. Read comments below.

      • itzpeaEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        So if it is blocking us, then the only solutions on my end would be:

        1. Try to reach out to someone and see if it could be unlocked/if it was intentional or
        2. Sign up with another instance where the main communities I want aren’t blocking them

        I’m not very network/backend/whateverisgoingonhere savvy.

        • manifexMEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I think the most appropriate way would be for @TheDude to reach out to their team and request federation.

        • justpassingbyEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yes (I think). The two approaches above are the ones that comes to mind. Again, I am super-new here so I really hope I am not misleading you ^^; And what @[email protected] just commented (reaching out ot the admin).

          • borariEnglish
            5·
            2 years ago

            Commenting just to add that you can go to the /instances endpoint of any Lemmy server to see the instances they are and are not federated with. The feddit.de list can be seen here. Their list shows that they are federated with us.

            • justpassingbyEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Thanks for the link! It is much easier to see the federated servers there.

    • borariEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I was reading comments on another post that were talking about issues regarding pulling in the post/comment history of a community on another instance prior to a user subscribing to the community on their own “home” instance.

      I think I have managed to subscribe to a boardgame community that is hosted on !boardgames feddit.de- I can’t see the comments and such when viewing from here as well.

      You should be able to click on the link in your “Subscribed” panel on the right of the page to go to the specific community page. Your browser URL bar and the page header should still show that you are on sh.itjust.works, since you are indeed still here. On the backend, the sh.itjust.works server is talking to the feddit.de server and saying “Hey, I have a user that wants to see content from this boardgame community you have. Can you send me any new posts for that community?”.

      Here’s where I get fuzzy. I am under the impression that while posts themselves will federate from the main instance to the database for this instance, until someone here interacts with them, meaning they upvote, downvote, or comment on it, comments won’t propagate? I might be completely wrong here though.

      If I’m wrong about any of this please let me know!

      • KlaymoreEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        If an account here is subscribed to a community, and someone posts a comment in that community, then it will be federated to this server. It just won’t go back and federate old comments unless someone copies the comment link and searches for it.