Is there a way to list all communities of instance B from instance A besides registering in said instance?
I noticed that some instances put a registration wall behind their communities. If you are registered in instance A, you can search for a specific community in instance B but cannot see the full list of communities there. Is there a workaround (besides asking someone from B to give a list of the instance)?
You can use https://browse.feddit.de/ and instead of searching for a community, enter the instance (enter "lemmy.ml" for example) and then it should give you a list of all communities in that instance
You should be able to see the community list even when not logged in by visiting their instance and clicking Communities -> Local, unless they've somehow blocked that. (For instance, if I go to lemmy.ml and click Communities, I can see plenty of communities that don't show up under the 'All' communities list on my local instance.)
No need to even edit it; rightclick the community link -> Copy Link Address, then go back to your instance, click the search icon, and search for that full URL.
For example, I can go to your instance, click Communities, copy the first one ( https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyworld ), and search for that locally. One of the results is for the community as a whole. I can then click that search result, and I'm taken to that community via my instance, where I can subscribe.
It'd be nice to have a cleaner path, but it's not too much of a hassle.
Also, note that once you subscribe, the community will show on your local Communities list (if 'All' is chosen) for everyone in your instance.
There is https://browse.feddit.de/, but it doesn’t have everything (missing lemmy.ml for one). And showing every community on one instance would require unselecting every since other instance.
Haha, you got me. Yeah, they are mostly the nsfw communities. But what is a man without his urges and what is an instance which can't list its communities? It's just weird.
It's stupid but what I do now is just open the instance in a browser. Seems simple to implement as a view from your own instance, so I hope that happens.
I haven't found it necessary to register to see the list of communities on another instance. I just went to that instance in a browser and clicked on 'communities' to see the list.