How do I get people to see my community or know if people can find it? I was on Reddit for 2 days starting a community and got banned for NO REASON. I saw this was the closest thing to it so wanted to start here until Reddit (if they ever bother) checks my appeal.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Wow, what a great idea. Does it work for PieFed, too? (I don’t seem to see PF-based instances listed)

    Also wondering if anyone cared whether older communities were added to the list. Even 3+yr old communities (I run one) probably aren’t fully federated yet.

    • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Instances choose to opt in by having an account on their instance subscribe to all applicable instances; those that opt in (including several Piefed instances) are on this list. In addition, some instances deliberately opt out.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Thanks, seems to have worked well! And I’m thinking this tool will help a community’s posts better show up in ALL streams, which can be a surprisingly helpful way to get eyes on it IME.

        I also see some pretty major instances seem to have opted out, such as Lemmy.World, Sh.Itjust.Works, Europe.Pub and Quokk.Au. That’s disappointing, and I wonder what their deal is?

        • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          4 days ago

          Instances not on the ‘Enabled’ list can still have their communities added, they just won’t be automatically added. I presume instances on the ‘Disabled’ list can’t have their communities added.

          • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Hmm. Just added a couple Lemmy.World communities and they worked fine, even though that instance seems to be on the “NOT ALLOWED” list. And yet after a lookup, it’s not actually disabled. Okay.