How does the search function work and why does it sometimes not work from different instances when searching All? In other words -
- I search for a community that exists on Lemmy instance A (e.g. midwest.social) from Lemmy instance B (e.g. lemmy.ml) and it finds it.
- I search for that same community from Lemmy instance C (e.g. lemmy.one), and it doesn't find it.
- Lemmy instance A, B, and C are all connected / federated.
Ultimately, my goal is to subscribe to communities on other instances from the instance I'm logged into, but can't find by searching All from there for whatever reason. How do I do that?
The only possible explanation I can see for why the Apollo dev's number could be "wrong" is if reddit plans to charge on a sliding scale, i.e. the more requests, the more the price is reduced per request. Or the other possibility would be that they "negotiate" a rate with the app developer, i.e. "determine how popular your app will be based on the cost barrier to entry".