Can I comment on a thread on another instance if I'm not subscribed?
Can I comment on a thread on another instance if I'm not subscribed?
I found an active thread in a sub on another instance I'd like to participate in. When I sub to the thread from sh.itjust.works there are no comments; I assume that's because sh.itjust.works only starts syncing communities after the first subscription. So now I can either read the thread on an instance I don't have a login for, or participate in an empty version of the thread on sh.itjust.works.
Is there any way to participate in the active thread at this point? Thanks.
edit: Just checked my subscription to the new community is [pending]. Maybe that's it?
edit2: Thanks to @Barbarian I can at least sub to one of the pending communities, and the others are on lemmy.ml, so I'll just wait those out.
You're viewing a single thread.
I can do it using Jerboa anyway. I assume some instances are set up so you can't comment if you're not subbed, but I haven't found one yet.
Can you share how you got to a thread on another instance in a community you're not subscribed to with Jerboa? I haven't figured that out yet.
if it is a link in your feed, hopefully the app handles this. the web browser interface for sh.itjust.works handles the URL properly to let you see the thread while remaining here, and comment like a damn fool!
the manual way:
- take "https://lemmy.ml/c/whatever" if that is the link someone provided in a post...
- navigate to "https://sh.itjust.works/c/[email protected]"
- you'll notice that you're still "here" on sh.it, but seeing what is hosted "there" on lemmy.ml.
for example:
In Jerboa that first link at beehaw gives me "404: coundnt_find_community", but then I clicked the second link and it looks like it worked.