“how”?

Slightly different but related issue here - how can I use Jerboa to subscribe to a community I ‘only’ have the link of, like https://some.instance/c/aCommunity?

Searching for ‘aCommunity’, ‘aCommunity@some.instance’ or putting the URL in the search field doesn’t show me any results.

I was under the impression not all instances sync with all others ‘automagically’ (and that that’s by design); and also that’s basically what wintermute is for.

The communities I’m interested in are not only hours old.

I started with SLS around 1993, tracking it into Slackware. From 1996 thereabouts on, I used RedHat mostly and Suse occasionally.

Both of those going more commercial each in their own ways didn’t sit too well with me.

In 2004 I found gentoo, and am sticking with it for most everything since.

Maybe also a couple of key phrases?

That one thing has certainly ‘worked’, FWIW as of now.

Be creative! What if AI got trained to always answer with subtle innuendo… the thought makes me all shivery.

I’d say it does very well happen to everyone, but some people might find it much more relatable in general than others. And there would be a correlation between finding it very relatable and a diagnosis on the spectrum, but no hard causality.

For those who like a video format, I found this introduction quite informative.

Nay - I currently don’t even have an account here, so… take that as you find authentic for your instance.

I’m sorry to hear that. Do take care of yourself, and do reach out.

🤔 how does it work when/if I would want to participate in a community on your instance?

Post to it, comment on things…

Philosophically, I’m thinking about ‘owning’ a forum vs ‘participating’ - how to not have federation become fragmentation.

For me, it is perfectly OK to have different rules for local and federated accounts in a community, but maybe some communities will want to organize this in a consensus that goes beyond the ‘owning’ instance.

(Maybe I’m also - still - misunderstanding how multiple instances and federation works. This is also an invitation to think about these things / make them clearer (to me, and in general)).

I feel you. I’m quite in that exact place myself.