[Resolved] Follow / Browse Lemmy Community from Friendica?
from matcha_addict@lemy.lol to fediverse@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 20:03
https://lemy.lol/post/35720340

I read in many places that this should be supported, but either I’m doing it wrong or it is not working.

I just signed up in my-place.social which seems to proclaim federation with over 1000 instances including Lemmy ones.

I put !fediverse in the search bar, but this community does not come up.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a friendica account I can tag to ask about this, or a group I can post in for support?

#fediverse

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 14 Dec 20:08 next collapse

are you using the full domain? '!community @ instancedomain'? ie '!fediverse @ lemmy.world'? minus the spacing of course

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 14 Dec 20:11 collapse

Yes that yields the same result. I get some results, but not any from Lemmy including the one I am looking for.

introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 14 Dec 20:21 next collapse

Maybe try searching with @ comunity @ instance? Of course without spacing. Thats how i do on mastodon.

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 14 Dec 20:42 collapse

Does not yield the right results still

Jerry@feddit.online on 14 Dec 21:05 next collapse

Friendica doesn't use the "!" notation. This is only a notation that a Lemmy, Piefed, or MBIN instance understands.

Friendica instead uses the familiar account notation used by Mastodon, Sharkey, Misskey, etc. It sees the Lemmy community as a user that is also a group.

If you want to follow, for example, the "asklemmy" community at lemmy.world, in the "Add New Contact" box, just enter : asklemmy@lemmy.world, and then click the "Connect" button, and it will find it, and you can follow it like any other account. Friendica will recognize it as a "Group", as opposed to an individual account, and it should show up in your Groups section.

Let me know if this works.

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 15 Dec 08:56 collapse

This worked, thank you!!

Jerry@feddit.online on 14 Dec 21:19 collapse

BTW, there is a community that you can join from Lemmy, Piefed, or MBIN, that supports my-place.social: https://feddit.online/c/my_place_social