The check giving this error is pretty old, so it seems that you got it to work was not intentional: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blame/63d3759c481ff2d7594d391ae86e881e2aeca56d/crates/api_common/src/utils.rs#L539
As far as I can see, 0.18 and its release candidates only added additional checks preventing such an instance to be set up in the first place.
I’m not sure what exactly you’re asking, but I’ll assume it’s not the standard “I can’t find this remote community” question, as your fourth search result is from the exact community you’re searching for… and has a direct clickable link to the community as federated to your instance (in green).
If you want a direct link as a search result to the community, search for it’s URL on its home instance, e.g. here https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support
You can get this via the link under the community header on the left, where it says “Lemmy Support” and underneath has the hyperlink “!lemmy_support@lemmy.ml”. Click that link or copy its URL.
That’s a good idea! I understand the sentiment of leaving a final “fuck you” to Reddit, but at the same time the thought of losing the treasure trove of accumulated knowledge stored there pains me.
I was thinking of something like that too, but probably never would’ve gotten around to implement it myself, so thanks! Could you put your script on Github or something maybe?
Also it would be great if it could also copy at least top-level comments by OP, because that’s often used for linking to a source.
That’s how I interpret the post pinned to their front page asking users to go somewhere else: https://lemmy.ml/post/1147770
I don’t think lemmy.ml is accepting new users currently. Choose another instance (server) from the recommended ones at https://join-lemmy.org/instances
It doesn’t really matter much which one, you will still be able to interact with communities across different instances.
I have the impression that the federation thing as a whole still has some issues. Like I checked some of my submissions on different instances and it would sometimes show different comment counts, but the comment which would explain the difference was nowhere to be seen. So it wouldn’t surprise me if vote (non-)propagation also doesn’t always work as intended.
I read that they just ignore incoming downvotes, so on Beehaw you’d never see them, only locally on the instance where you voted.
That’s basically what Reddit does when you’re not logged in (and a bunch of similar sites too I guess).
What do you mean by saying “even”?! Reddit.com/.compact was my interface on mobile for Reddit for years, and I still miss it.
I found a decent app in Boost, but no app I know supports how I liked browsing Reddit, by opening a bunch of threads in tabs, often leaving them open for days to be able to quickly check back on them. All apps (also Jerboa for Lemmy) only allow you to sequentially view posts one by one.
Yes, that’s what this check (and the later introduced changes) are meant for. On the reasoning why this configuration is not desired I can’t comment.