Edit/Update: Searching by !community@instance fails, searching by the full url works.
Original post: So if my understanding is correct, a Lemmy instance won’t be aware of a community on another instance until the first time it is searched from your home instance.
If that understanding is correct, then the process does not seem to be working from sh.itjust.works.
Examples:
!3d_printing@forum.rhombik.com
To try and get these communities visible from sh.itjust.works, I’m entering the search term as shown above into the Communties search field and smashing Search a few times. Normally there would be no results, but if you then search for just the community name it shows up as being connected - that’s no longer happening.
If I am misunderstanding or doing something wrong please let me know.
Edit: Searching for the entire url seems to work sometimes
Example: https://forum.rhombik.com/c/3d_printing - no joy
https://lemmy.world/c/makerstuff - worked!
https://kbin.social/m/3DPrinting - worked!
Edit: it appears the problem with !3d_printing@forum.rhombik.com is on their side - found a post where they were misconfigured and only federating with two other instances, and have ddos shields up.
The list includes kbin.social now, but I still can’t get it to show on kbin no matter how I format my searches or urls.