Subscribing to remote comms is a super sucky experience. In theory, you go to Communities -> All and search for stuff, but you can’t search by remote instance, so you need to have already visited the remote comm list to figure out what’s hosted there and search for them.
It’ll be easier to click these links, which keep whatever local instance you click them from, and then hit subscribe in the sidebar (similar to @user tags or :emoji-codes:, just start typing !commName and click the result):
- !herps@r1b.it - the best comm
- !croak@r1b.it - combo of meta/chat/main/chapotraphouse basically, but more frog themed
- !marine@r1b.it - not as cool as the best comm, but still
That’s all they’ve got at the moment!
I still don't understand how federation works
Every time I think I’m getting close I learn otherwise. At this point I might have more experience with how federation doesn’t work than with how it does.