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How do you discover new communities? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by gtr@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all, I'm new here. On Reddit there is the front page where I can find popular posts even in obscurely named subreddits like "leopardsatemyface" or "okbuddycinephile" that I could never find by actively searching for it.

How do you discover content on Lemmy that is not in your local instance?

I even tried subscribing to "leopardsatemyface" from Lemmy.world, but my app doesn't even show it in the search results even when actively looking for it. 🤨

Please help 🙈

Also if you don't mind another stupid question, when I subscribe to a community it is first shown as "pending" and only a few minutes later as "joined" - why? What is it waiting for?

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On top of what everyone else has said, when you visit the different feeds (Local, All, etc) you can set your sorting to Scaled so you are not completely overwhelmed with lowest common denominator stuff, and it will open up some options as you'll see some smaller communities with niche interests.

[–] gtr@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting! Thanks for the hint 😊