Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow does federation actually work?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareHow does federation actually work?Agrivar@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBitrot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-squarecanlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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.