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I have been trying to subscribe to lemmy.ml/c/apple using my account on lemmy.ca, however I get a 404 error when I visit lemmy.ca/c/apple@lemmy.ml

Other communities work fine and I'm able to subscribe. Just curious what could be the issue. Do I need to wait for the community to be made "available" on lemmy.ca?

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[โ€“] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to use the search function in the UI here https://lemmy.ca/search, not type the URL directly in your browser.
I just this for you and now the link works properly.

Just have in mind the first time you search for a community it might take a few seconds and a few refreshes to actually see it.

[โ€“] sup@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! This worked for me ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] sexy_peach@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can you try searching for http://lemmy.ml/c/apple in the search field? Maybe your server just hasn't looked this community up yet. I don't think visiting http://lemmy.ca/c/apple@lemmy.ml triggers this.

[โ€“] sup@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup that was indeed the case. Looks like the server didn't know about that community. Doing a search worked and I've successfully subscribed to it

[โ€“] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Barbarian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Communities are only pulled onto your instance the first time somebody subscribes to it. If nobody on lemmy.ca has subscribed yet, do this

[โ€“] sup@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, works perfectly now. Thank you

[โ€“] knighthawk0811@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

check out this post I made yesterday where I have a same/similar problem https://lemmy.one/post/19823

[โ€“] sup@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you, searching for the full community URL "https://lemmy.ml/c/apple" here "https://lemmy.ca/search" helped the server discover the community and I was able to subscribe

[โ€“] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Iโ€™ve been having the same issue with http://lemmy.world/c/hackintosh - and still having it with http://lemmy.ml/c/apple - guess Iโ€™ll just keep trying.

[โ€“] bigbox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like there needs to be a pinned guide at the top of this instance explaining all of this stuff to new users.

[โ€“] klangcola@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

If you're the first person on your instance to subscribe to a Community on a different instance, you need to make your instance discover the other community.

You can paste the URL or !apple@lemmy.lm in the search field on lemmy.ca, then you should be able to find it on lemmy.ca -> Communities

But looks it doesn't always work for all communities. I just tried it on reddthat.com. It worked for !apple@lemmy.ml, !askmidwest@midwest.social and !technology@midwest.social, but not for !projectzomboid@midwest.social

[โ€“] Wander@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy.ml is overloaded and known for having this issue. Also, even if it says "pending" you might already be subscribed. I just saw this in my subscribed feed even though my subscription to this sub is still pending.