One community from linked post
One community from linked post
I saw this comment which included a link to a crosspost in a different community. When I open that link, I see the post and the top of the view has the community name with menu. But I seem to be able to do everything (subscribe, favourite, block, read the sidebar) except just ‘open’ the community to see other posts. Am I missing the right place to click / menu entry?
Looking at this, it appears the comment you linked includes a community link, not a crosspost link. Tapping the link seems to open the the correct community to the post feed. I see the community looks quite new, perhaps you were the first one on your instance to interact with that community, which could mean there was just a delay in federating the rest of the posts in that community. Is it possible you opened that link expecting it to open a single crosspost, and instead it opened to a community with only one post showing, thus mistaking it for an open post the views are quite similar in appearance)?
If not, I may need some clarification on this issue, perhaps I misunderstood.
Ok, maybe this is just me still being a bit confused by federation. As the link opened the post, I’d assumed it was a crosspost link. Following it now, I see a different, single post. Viewing the sidebar, it suggests there should be 5 posts, and when I originally went there, it said 4. Given that I now see a single new post, those numbers add up—there are 3 missing somewhere.
But you’re right, it is a new community and so maybe it will just work out eventually.