YSK how to subscribe to kbin magazines from lemmy
YSK how to subscribe to kbin magazines from lemmy
Why YSK: making the most of the fediverse means aggregating content from as many places as possible, but it's not an intuitive process right now, especially for those using apps like Jerboa or Mlem.
I have been seeing some comments from people struggling to subscribe to kbin magazines from Lemmy so here's a step-by-step of how I've been doing it:
- Note the name of the kbin magazine you want to subscribe to (example: kbin.social/m/books)
- Log into your Lemmy instance from a browser
- The Lemmy instance you are registered with will be the first part of the URL and the kbin community will be the second part. Example: I'm registered with lemmy.world so to register with the kbin Books magazine I would type https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
- From there, just hit subscribe and it will start showing up anywhere you're logged into your Lemmy instance (I use Jerboa).
Hopefully this helps spread the word!
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Still the same issue I've been dealing with.
On my personal instance, not Lemmy world, I am able to search for and find kbin magazines, for an example https://kbin.social/m/tech
However, when I go to https://myinstance/c/[email protected] and hit subscribe it leaves me subscribe pending no matter how long I wait. Even canceling and clicking it again multiple times never gets me anywhere.
I ran into a helpful post about that recently. It seems that sometimes it can take a while for the a subscription to be processed. If you end up with the yellow "pending" it often stays that way. If you click on pending to cancel it, and try subscribing again it is more likely to go through. Annoying, but true.
Also, it may be superstition on my part, but if I click subscribe and just let that tab sit for a while I a more likely to eventually get a "joined" response while if I refresh it and get "pending" I'm stuck with that.
I've read elsewhere that the Pending status isn't accurate and you have likely subscribed. Try checking your feed while pending and see if content is there.