What does it mean and how do I fix it?

  • Hanabie@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Some servers, like lemmy.ml or beehaw are aching under their respective load, so everything takes a while. Couldn’t even log into lemmy.world, which is why I wandered off to sh.itjust.works

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    From what I gathered (that is, an internet search), it’s a UI-side glitch. Lemmy IS just a prototype that is being put through the meat grinder with all the Reddit refugees.

    In my experience? It doesn’t even make a difference. You’ll see “subscribe pending” communities on your sub feed like normal.

    If you unsub and resub a few times it should work anyway.

  • atkion@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I believe it just means that the instance you tried to subscribe to hasn’t responded to the federation request yet. Just wait a while and it’ll resolve itself, assuming they haven’t blocked you or something (and assuming that instance isn’t down).

    • ShadowAether@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      It means the server has too much load, spamming it isn’t going to help that. You can just leave it like that and it’ll show up in your communities as pending until it gets loaded.