some communities don’t seem to federate. when i go to them, i see their details in the sidebar, but the user count is always 0 and no posts are shown.

  • QuentinCallaghanMA
    3·
    4 years ago

    This question was answered here.

    It will fetch the first 20 posts when the community is first searched from your instance (but no votes, comments etc). Once any local user subscribes to the community, all new posts/comments/votes etc will be delivered to your instance. Old items will only be fetched on demand (eg if you search them, or if they are referenced by a new item).

    • salaruaOP
      1·
      4 years ago

      ah, thanks for the clarification. i’m still rather new to the concept of federation and don’t know exactly how it works; it’s nice to know everything’s working as intended.