When I try to create a community, the create button turns into a spinning icon after I click it and it just sticks like that, forever. I tried like…15m ago and that attempt is still spinning. I’ve tried multiple times, its not just one bugged attempt.

  • kadu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had this happen when I didn’t select languages correctly.

    Also do open a new tab and always check, I always get the endless spinner when posting but the post goes live behind the scenes, so the same could happen with communities I’d guess

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      1 year ago

      To select a language “correctly” do I just ctrl+click, in my case, English and Undetermined, so that they are both highlighted when I click Create? Thats what I tried last time, no luck so far.

    • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Figured it out, the community was made and I can get to it by manually typing the URL, but that page also says it was deleted by the creator and doesn’t show in community search. So I think it’s in recycling bin limbo and failing to generate an error.

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    1 year ago

    Refresh the page and try again, but make sure you select a language if you didn’t the previous attempt.

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    1 year ago

    I had this happen on mobile when I tried to use emojis in the title, so I was thinking perhaps it’s an unhandled error for invalid characters in the title? When I tried again without the emojis, it posted right away.

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        1 year ago

        Hmm, not sure then. Also, so sorry about the repeat comments! Kept telling me the comments didn’t go through 😵‍💫

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          Figured it out, the community was made and I can get to it by manually typing the URL, but that page also says it was deleted by the creator and doesn’t show in community search. So I think it’s in recycling bin limbo and failing to generate an error.

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            1 year ago

            I would hope the recycling bin is emptied eventually so the communities can be recreated, but according to this it doesn’t look like it, which is dumb because that means anyone can create and delete a community just to prevent the name from ever being used.

            https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2966

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            1 year ago

            Happy to hear it! There have been some mutterings of this instance struggling the last few hours - that must be tied in. Would certainly explain my comment shenanigans too

  • curlygirl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are you on mobile? I found I couldn’t get it to go through on my phone (browser or jerboa) but I did get it through on my desktop. Had to be patient but took less than 15 min I think.