Note To HC Users: Linked Instances

Reason for this post:

If you don't know already, federation isn't as automatic as it's appears/designed.

Even IF other instances are linked to your instance, number one, you might not even know that. Therefore you won't have them on your allow list.

Number two, just because other instances are linked to you and then you put them on your allow list posts and communities still are not federated between y'all

You HAVE to create an account on THEIR instance and then add communities from your home instance, that you want to show on their instance

Then

You need to do the same on your home instance. By copying the communities from the other instance and finding and subscribing while on your home instance account. Otherwise both instances are connected yes, but can't see anything posted from one another.

I don't know why it's like that. But this post is to inform you that I'm gradually going through the join lemmy page and looking at each instances allow and block list.

I'm putting instances that have us on their linked/allow list in my notes, and getting with splinter to see if they're good and ok to also link up with. If they are, They are being added to our link and allow list.

However you'll need to follow the steps above so that we can successfully federate. I AM ALSO DOING THIS AS WELL you don't have to if you don't want to. I'm only letting y'all know this because if you want to hurry up this process in case there is content from other instances we are linked to that you really want to interact with so you don't have to wait on me for that to happen. Is what I mean.

We've added 9 instances I found that are connected to us and I've added some non political communities from them that I found interesting and subed from my hc account. I've made accounts on their instances to do the other step of the federation but idk what's going on with my email. I'm not getting their confirm email email.

Please have a look at our allow list guys so you can sub to any communities you find interesting from them.

Go to Hilariouschaos.com home page scroll all the way down to the bottom and click 'instances'

You'll see this. These are all the instances we're federated with. Click any of them you find interesting and copy their community link that starts with the ! Search on HC then sub from their.