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Ref post.

I noticed a huge difference between the post and what I see, which got me curious.

What is the reason?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My understanding is that it'd be based on what's been federated to your instance. Since ml has been around longer than most instances, a lot of their history never got federated.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His screenshot is showing the user as seen from ml, unless I'm missing something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's it indeed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Blaze screenshot it at lemmy.ml.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I guess that mean that my instance is at fault.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your instance was created this year, if that's what you mean. My instance is a year older:

Also, defederation would impact this as well. For all I know the missing posts are on lemmy.grad (for example).

Edit: actually it's definitely the age of your instance.

I got curious and decided to view my profile from feddit.org and it shows less than half of my total posts/comments

I like this actually, I look a little more well-adjusted lol. It also shows just how much effort I was putting into commenting on things early on to break the seal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you want to call it a fault. One instance can't cover all, just the slice its users interact with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

it's like @[email protected] described. old content does not get federated unless there is new activity on it and someone on your instance is subscribed to the community it happens in.

this isn't anyone's fault, it's just a matter of the instance not being around that long that some historic content will be missing.

[–] jordanlund 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shows me 950 posts, I'm guessing it only shows posts that your instance is Federated with?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not a screenshot from their instance though. It's the direct user page in its home instance. See my other comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, I saw it.

While I wish my instance could cover all the posts in the lemmyverse, I will continue to use it regardless of the number of posts federated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

With the way Lemmy is primarily used this will largely not be an issue anyway. None of my old posts would show up to you either way.

Edit: aside from being in the aggregate — they're not going to be in your feed either way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Your language settings are probably hiding a lot of content. You need to enable any languages you speak and also enable undetermined

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Seems to be on your side indeed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not to bother you, but do you have any idea what is happening?

Like what could be at fault here?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The number shown is how many posts or comments your instance is aware of. If your number is smaller than the real one, it means that there's content that doesn't exist on your instance.

The missing content is either:

  • Old: The account is like 3 or 4 years older tham your instance. Old content doesn't get federated unless someone deliberately asks for it.
  • Posted in communities that no one at your instance has subscribed to them yet. This stuff also doesn't get auto-federated.
[–] jordanlund 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they have posts to communities you have blocked?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Currently, I don't have blocked communities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)