Building home page feed (lemmy.goblackcat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Other than subscribing to communities, how else can I expand my feed some? I just started working with Lemmy over the weekend and I'd like to see comments from more than just the communities I subscribe to so that I can learn about others.

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[-] CommunityLinkFixer 4 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !communitysearchtips@lemmy.ninja

[-] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 2 points 1 year ago

Time to block this bot.

[-] ghostwolf@lemmy.fakeplastictrees.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Nope. Time to post proper links.

[-] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 1 points 1 year ago

What's improper about the link I used? Does it work?

[-] j_roby@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

While the link you used works, it takes you out of your instance while on a browser, meaning you're not logged in on that tab. If you use the link format that the bot posted, you remain logged in and can interact with the page, allowing you to vote, subscribe etc.

[-] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 6 points 1 year ago

I'm glad you were here to provide the explanation that the bot should have provided. Thank you for taking the time.

[-] j_roby@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

No worries.

The bot could be more detailed but isn't wrong tho. Since the link you had posted is on your own instance, it would work normally for you and anyone else on yours. But for people on different instances, it doesn't.

[-] rikudou 1 points 1 year ago

which doesn’t work well for people on different instances

I mean, it's there in the description. I think the message is already on the verge of being too long, not sure how much longer should I make it.

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