guyman@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhy do we need to be approved to subscribe to communities?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we need to be approved to subscribe to communities?guyman@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareghashul@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhen I search for a community that isn’t on my local instance, I often get a “subscription pending” text, instead of it immediately changing to “joined”.
minus-squarebakavic@latte.isnot.coffeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI noticed this too, but it feels more like a pull for the community is scheduled, and usually within minutes I’ll see in under my subscribed.
minus-squaremaynarkhlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s just a bug with federation and overloaded servers, it should only happen if the other instance can’t be reached by your own.
When I search for a community that isn’t on my local instance, I often get a “subscription pending” text, instead of it immediately changing to “joined”.
I noticed this too, but it feels more like a pull for the community is scheduled, and usually within minutes I’ll see in under my subscribed.
That’s just a bug with federation and overloaded servers, it should only happen if the other instance can’t be reached by your own.