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Help my mum get something out of the #fediverse
My mum uses Facebook currently because there's a few groups on it that she likes.

I'm no longer on it, and she's joined the #fediverse (on my instance) but I'm struggling to find replacement groups.

So, does anyone know any good #fedi #groups/instances focused on #gardening, #mushroom / #fungi identification, #wildlife in general, wildlife in the UK, etc.?

Please don't @ her (she doesn't yet fully understand how this stuff works, and isn't looking for people to contact her out of the blue). Hence why I'm looking for groups or instances that I can point her at the local timelines of. Then she can control her own interactions with them.

She's fluent in #German and #English.

But please do @ me with any info.

Boosts appreciated.
#fediverse #English #mushroom #German #Wildlife #fedi #gardening #fungi #groups/instances
Ian Molton
Ian Molton  
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Ah, and it works now. I couldn't send her there before, as the follow buttons were all broken
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Ian Molton they still seem to be broken for me. If I click follow, it tells me to sign in, then tells me my log in details are incorrect.
@Ian Molton
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Tobias ok, I’m going to post screenshots.

I scrolled through the list, and picked out the Friendica Support group.

I click on “Follow” and get this screen.

I’ve tried everything I can think of in that box, and it’s either failing without giving an error message or timing out.

So I clicked the little door symbol at the top to log in, and used the username & password I use to login to Ian’s instance, but get this error message

Presumably that’s because I don’t have an account with that particular instance, but I don’t know what else to try.

@Tobias
Ian Molton
Ian Molton  
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@Tobias Shouldn't that be filled in automatically, though, as it is when following a user?
@Tobias
Ian Molton
Ian Molton  
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On that last point, yes, you are correct; you don't have an account on that instance. AIUI, you shouldn't need one either.

On the first point - Im not sure why you got that screen. It looks like I get the same.

The global directory seems to work for following *users* but not forums - Perhaps the same fix needed for Forums as was recently made for following users? @Tobias
@Tobias
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Ian Molton@Tobias I’m also really disappointed by the lack of forums. The only one (other than the support one) that I was remotely interested in by name, I clicked on and it was more of a pisstake than anything else.

Searching by hashtags doesn’t seem overly helpful either - I was looking for an ADHD community, but all I got was a load of people’s introduction posts
@Tobias @Ian Molton
Ian Molton
Ian Molton  
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Ah - update...

@Tobias

It seems like the friend requests work ONLY for local users.

Non-local users all do the same as forums do.
@Tobias
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Tobias I’ve tried again with both option. I get a blue bar across the top as it submits the request, but no redirect.
@Tobias
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Ian Molton@Tobias hmmm, that just seems to send, regardless of being on a different instance.
@Tobias @Ian Molton
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈
Kacey (They/Them) 🌈  
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@Tobias@Ian Molton the screen doesn't change for me. I certainly don’t get redirected anywhere, or asked to verify.

I’m going to try sending you a friend/follow request to see if I get the same thing.
@Tobias @Ian Molton
Ian Molton
Ian Molton  
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@Tobias

Why does it not behave like the first screenshot, where all I have to do is click a button? Why would I want to fill that in manually?
@Tobias
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Can you please paste the link that's not working?
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Sorry, it was meant for Tobias
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