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I know what you mean. The biggest issue I'm having is finding and subscribing to communities that are not a part of the instance I joined with.
I kept seeing links that listed communities I was interested in subscribing to, but then it would ask me to log in, I'd put in my credentials, only for the log in to not work. I finally realized I had to make a new account with that instance, and then i could log in and join it. I don't want to have to juggle between 3 or 4 accounts to enjoy content, plus much if it is duplicated as some instance are linked, but others are not.
Also I use Jerboa to browse lemmy, don't have a PC, and would rather use an app than my web browser(Brave).
That's not how it works.
You can subscribe to remote instances from your own instance. You shouldn't be using multiple accounts.
For example, you are on lemmy.world, and the group you replied to is on lemmy.ml. I'm replying to the conversation from lemmy.blahaj.zone. The instances communicate with each other.
What you need to do is search for the instance you want to join. So if you see a cool group called
CoolGroupon a server calledsome.instance, you would go to the search box and search for[!CoolGroup@some.instance](/c/CoolGroup@some.instance). That will let you find it.Yes, that could and should be easier, but lemmy is not a finished product, and it was not prepared for the reddit influx, so it will take time to iron out usability stuff.
Just tried it from my lemmy.fmhl.ml account, the account I initially made, and wasn't able to locate !Washington@lemmy.world
It might just be an issue with Jerboa.
yeah seriously
You donβt have to create an account for each instance. You hsve to get the link for the specific community you want to subscribe to/interact with and search for it within your home instance.
You have tried browse.feddit.de before, do you?
I'm on mobile, but when I search for communities, I go to "communities" in the dropdown menu, then make sure I'm in "All". That should show you communities outside of your own server.