Why don't I see the same posts when browsing a community from 2 different instances?
3 years ago by timber_hearth to c/lemmy_support
Hello,
If I open: https://lemmy.world/c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml and https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support in 2 different tabs, I don't see the same posts at all, even with the same sorting option selected.
Is it just because the servers are overloaded and there is some delay in the synchronization?
Thanks for your help trying to understanding the fediverse inner working.
This has probably something to do with the fact that content is pulled only after users subscribe from another instance, etc
Yup, this. I can't find a link to explain it, but when you subscribe to a community that your server hasn't seen before, only the latest 20 posts/comments are pulled in.
I might be experiencing something similar. I saw different posts under "All" before and after logging in, even using the same sort ("New"). But in both cases I'm viewing from my home instance.
Update: For example, I subscribe to !socialism!socialism@beehaw.org and saw multiple posts from my home instance before logging in, but now only one is showing up.
I see the same posts now, even if the order is not exactly the same. I guess it may be some kind of synchronization issue as the servers are overloaded today.
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This has been my experience with every community so far.
Even when I open the same post from 2 different instances nothing is the same and additionally, sometimes even the comments will load up for half a second and then everything disappears and it says
0 comments.Finally, this is the same even for entire communities. Same community, 24 subscribers in one instance, show 2 from the other.
This has probably something to do with the fact that content is pulled only after users subscribe from another instance, etc. I'm not exactly sure how it works for now but it could even be a bug.
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