Newbie here. Why does it say “Subscribe pending” when I request to join certain communities? And how long does it take to obtain approval?
there’s no real “approval” needed, being stuck on “subscribe pending” is a bug with federation, you’ll still get new posts and comments!
Normally it’s pretty quick, but sometimes it can take a few minutes. Other times it seems to get stuck. If you cycle it one or more times it may hook up right away. Doesn’t matter though, you still see a community’s posts even though it says pending, really just an indication issue. They should get it working better pretty quick as Lemmy develops.
okie dokie, thanx! I was just wondering since I just read something about beehaw communities shadow banning if I sign up for certain other communities and was wondering if that had something to do with it. Reference: https://lemm.ee/post/547600
Due to the nature of Federation, don’t hesitate to make accounts on different instances as needed to access that instance’s content. I reckon a number of people have accounts on Beehaw and accounts elsewhere.
Agh, I’m not excited about having to do that. I like to keep things simple.
Yeah that seems like a huge hassle :(
I believe that your subscriptions are pending if the community you’re subscribing to belongs to another Lemmy instance. I’m guessing that a moderator might need to approve your membership. But I could be entirely wrong!
