Unfortunately, that does not appear to be working. When I first set up my Lemmy I was unable to see any federated communities. It was only after I put Lemmy.ml into the allow list that I was able to access Lemmy.ml communities and see posts by Lemmy.ml users. I even just tried deleting Lemmy.ml from my allow list and it went back to the previous behavior. Could I have some setting wrong?
Once you hit the new shows, I’d suggest letting whim take you a bit. If you’re really digging one snow stick with it; if not, give it a rest for a bit until you are.