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jonah explained how, but the why is often not well understood:
They're completely separate websites, just with the ability to forward content along to other sites if those other sites request it. The sites themselves are set up to only request content streams if a user has made a specific request for it, and the way that request system has been set up is through the search features.
So, you have to tell one site to please request content from this other page here, please (and then set me to follow it).