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Exactly my thoughts. Sadly, there is some information you can get only via these platforms so I cannot disconnect from them completely.

Ha! Cool!

Thank you 😄

No, unfortunately.

I'm looking for a way to search for community on a specific instance. For example, I'm on lemmy.world and I want to see what communities exist on beehaw.org. Only on that instance, not all other instances.

Thanks for the answer.

My question, when I think about it, is actually about what's the point of instances topic. I mean, I understand the strength of having multiple instances, and how this prevents anyone from controlling Lemmy or shutdown Lemmy (pretty much the point of the internet as a whole and not having it running on a single server, when you think about it). But... what's the point of having an instance dedicated to, let's say, puppies if I cannot browse for community specifically on that instance (unless I open an account there)?

I'm trying to cut off facebook and twitter myself. Probably not going to reddit either. But still, functionality is something that is important for me.

sigh with more time on my hands, I might have been able to contribute to the code and provide such functionality myself.

Hmmm... I understand the analogy, but I'm still not sure I accept it. I mean, with emails I need to actively search for specific people elsewhere. The basic idea is not to discover new users and such. I don't think it is only semantics and the reason is exactly the reason I've placed my original post. My intention with it wasn't clear enough, probably.

To crystallize my question: what's the point of making theme-based instances if I cannot browse specifically these instances for their local community. E.g., my account is registered on lemmy.world, and I see an instance dedicated to sad things. If I want to browse specifically that instance, see what sad communities I can find there. How can I do that? And if I can, how does that works with the statement I saw on the beginner's guide that it doesn't mater which instance I register on?

Certainly. Happens to me sometimes. Less so in my mother tongue.

Also in podcasts I listen to, I often realize that I don't really follow the meaning.

Might be a sign that the book is not interesting to you.

I've asked something similar about Lemmy in general and they told me that this is not implemented yet.

The way I understand it, this should be implemented at the server level, and not at the app level, since the app should make an SQL query to the server, rather than download the entire community history in one go.

I'm not sure I understand that email analogy, especially where it ends. My Gmail account does not allow me to access others users mail box. So what is the mailbox in that analogy?

And for that matter, what is outlook here? Another instance or another platform? To communicate with a mastodon post I need to get the link from there somehow?

(I admit, I'm confused as hell)

That's a great start. Thanks!

Maybe we should add a bug report on that?

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I see, it makes sense. I wonder if there is a way to bypass that. For example, long pressing a link inorder to open an option such as "search for community". The inability to switch between communities in efficient way in the app (any app) is a major annoyance.