How does federation actually work? - eviltoast

…and why is it often PAINFULLY slow to acknowledge an up/down vote or to open the reply dialog?

  • can@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    As far as I understand it federation shouldn’t have anything to do with commenting on your own instance but rather after when it gets sent to other instances.

    • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 months ago

      It doesn’t. Even if you defederate with an instance, you can still comment and vote on posts from that instance that predate the defederation and people on your instance will see them, it just won’t go to the original one.

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        11 months ago

        it just won’t go to the original one.

        And for clarity it won’t go to any other instances’ copies either.