Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHow does federation actually work?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareHow does federation actually work?Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoIt 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.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago it just won’t go to the original one. And for clarity it won’t go to any other instances’ copies either.
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.
And for clarity it won’t go to any other instances’ copies either.