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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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[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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?

It's synchronizing across servers. First it needs to ensure the remote server has your user object, then it tells the remote server to mark your user as subscribed to that community. And these aren't immediate API calls, they're queued up. Sometimes the message queue between servers has some other messages before yours so it may take longer than expected.

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

Thanks! I guess setting up a functional federated network is far from trivial. Reading about ActivityPub right now.