Getting a new instance to federate with other instances does seem to be a pain point from what I’ve seen from self hosting people asking for help.
Otherwise, when searching for a new group that isn’t yet visible to the instance, as hacky as it is, hitting the search button multiple times kinda “kick starts” it (pretty bad I know).
That being said, having toyed with aguppe and friendica from lemmy I think general group federation is buggy. Dunno why, or if it’s both ways.
@reiver for instance I’ve subscribed to the fediversenews group in my lemmy. But not everything seems to come through. And it doesnt show up in a search for a community. But if I search for posts it is identified as a community that I can navigate to (??!!): https://lemmy.ml/c/fediversenews@venera.social?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New
For reference, you can search on any lemmy instance without an account. Might help you test what should work from your own.
Which, given that they’re independent platforms, implies a general problem/difficulty with group federation or a bug on friendica side. Given lemmy and kbin have also had difficulties I’m going with the former.
To be negative for moment, each time I see this I’m reminded that the fediverse doesn’t exist (yet). Intra-platform stability (esp masto) masks this fact IMO.
@reiver quick look at lemmy communities from kbin just now and things looked all good. Comments synced within minutes it seems.
Kbin - lemmy interop is probably something the respective devs work on (they’re symbiotic platforms, which is kinda cool actually), so it’s hard to tell from the outside where the friendica issue lies.
Can’t help but wonder here if AP is a protocol that promises beyond what it itself can guarantee without a de facto requirement for a software layer on top (?!?!)
I tried searching for that same group on a Friendica instance from a #Lemmy instance server by using the URL to the public page (on the Friendica server).
That didn't work either.
And according to WebFinger on that Friendica server, that is the rel="self" + type="application/activity+json" URL.
It looks like I can see what other Fediverse instances a #Lemmy server is currently federating with by following the "Instances" link in the bottom-right area of the page.
My Lemmy server is new, so it seems to be a small list currently. But it is notable that although most are Lemmy servers, I see Mastodon and kbin servers in there, too.
I would expect a Lemmy server that has been around longer and used much more to have a much longer list.
This time I tried to change the icon for my #Lemmy instance server, in the administrative section, using a PNG file this time (rather than an SVG file).
It worked.
But, don't forget to click the "Save" button at the bottom of the administration section, else it won't work.
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And yes that is a custom Lemmy icon. I released a set of custom Fediverse icons as open-source (CC-BY) if you are interested: https://github.com/reiver/fediverse-icons
Since, for new user registrations, my #Lemmy instance server is running in "Require registration application" mode, I have to approve new users before they can do anything.
Approving a new users seems straightforward — just a click of an "Approve" button.
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