I know people are confused about how fediverse works and how to use it. This is an attempt to compile a list of beginner's guides made by some amazing people on this topic.

Unsunny's Guide - An easy to read guide aimed at redditors migrating to Lemmy or Kbin
Lemmy.world Starting Guide - A beginner's guide to Lemmy by the admin of lemmy.world instance.
db0's New User Guide - A guide for new users on Lemmy made by head mod of r/piracy.
lemm.ee FAQ - Beginner's Guide by admin of lemm.ee
Michael Altfield's Guide - A guide on finding Lemmy Communities (Lemmy version of Subreddits)
Fedi.tips - A comprehensive guide for Fediverse and Mastodon. Useful for Lemmy aswell.
r/KbinMigration's Guide - Redditor's guide to how Kbin works.
Join the Fediverse - Fediverse Wiki

I will update this list if any new guide is made so you can save this post for later. Also, if anyone has any good guide to add post it in the comments and I'll add it here.

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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

you basically have to find the !community@domain string, then copy it and paste it back into your home instance search field & search for it, then navigate to it from your home instance to subscribe to it.

it's very cumbersome but it does work. perhaps things will change in the future, or maybe not.