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Why do some posts and communities not show up on all instances? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zabadoh@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Reddit refugee and Noob to lemmy/fediverse here.

For example, I'm currently logged into my lemmy.ml account, and subscribed to !anime@lemmy.ml and I can see a lot of posts there. I can also see that it has over 3K users.

If I log into lemmynsfw.com, and look at my subscription to !anime@lemmy.ml, I only see a few posts, and I know there are several that are missing. Also, it tells me that the community only has 8 users.

Is this synching problem common in lemmy, and/or the fediverse in general?

Do I have to create a new account on each server hosting communities that I want to keep up to date on?

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[–] CoolRhino@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure but it might be that they defederated? A fair number of instances don’t federate with nsfw ones. Here’s an explanation of defederation: https://lemmy.world/post/149743

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Both instances list each other under Linked Instances, on their respective instances pages, fwiw.

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I think this post answers my question.

IMO this is a key weakness of Lemmy as it stands right now.

That, and I need my nsfw, so defederating lemmynsfw.com from here is a big minus for this instance.

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[–] MrAegis@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but once an instance has been defederated with another, you will not be able to see posts from users associated with that instance, even if they post into a community that you are federated with.

[–] dekatron@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've noticed that viewing the same community through different instances even when not logged in can show different posts, comments, and votes. I'm not sure why either.

For example, compare these:

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

https://mander.xyz/c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] Chickerino@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago

i would think that this is due to server load and it'll sync up overtime