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I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it's crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

Unfortunately now we're going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like "TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023" to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.

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[-] Quoicessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago
[-] HowDoYouDo87@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Is there a way I can follow that without having to create a new account? Still trying to figure everything out

[-] spegin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 7 points 1 year ago

Just to note, this only works if someone on your instance has already made the instance "know" about the community by explicitly searching for it in the search menu - otherwise you'll run into a 404: couldnt_find_community error.

[-] crshbndct@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Someone needs to make an extension that seamlessly manages federations and servers like that, since it is going to be the worst part of switching

[-] HowDoYouDo87@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting! Thank you!

[-] Quoicessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Search for a community and write !buyitforlife@sh.itjust.works as you're search term.

[-] Killarny@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

How are those search terms meant to work? I've seen so many people recommend searching for communities by adding an exclamation point in front, but that has never produced any results when I search using Jerboa. Is that actually supposed to work, or is the exclamation point a placeholder that I have to know to exclude or replace with something else?

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've had the same experience, I've found better luck subscribing to outside communities through the websites on desktop but it's still not 100% for me. Jerboa really needs to find a way to handle community links properly.

It seems to fail initially, but if you wait a few seconds and try again, it should show up. At least that's how it is on desktop.

[-] timkmz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can link it to be accessible for all instances Buyitforlife

[-] ShutYourPieHole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I also found this GreaseMonkey script that simplifies the entire process by allowing you to redirect any community to your local instance: https://sh.itjust.works/post/70143

This really simplified my workstream for adding new communities. There is also a script to reformat the site to look more like old Reddit if you are really wanting to feel at home. Some great work being done in that community.

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