this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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What is the reason for drastically different vote count and number of comments across different instances? Is the issue solved as of today? (self.fediverse)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hexortor to c/[email protected]
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Title. I have seen this issue in the past, but I just stumbled across a post where the difference is massive (as of today, 14 January 2024):

316 upvotes and 173 comments on lemmy.sh.itjust.works

https://sh.itjust.works/post/6400367

vs

-13 upvotes and 7 comments on lemmy.zip

https://lemmy.zip/post/3556131

for no apparent reason (i.e. lemmy.zip doesn't seem to be blocking the instances the missing comments are coming from and those instances aren't blocking lemmy.zip either). What's going on here?

Is the issue solved as of today?

P.S. Here's how the post appears on other instances

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

AFAIK its "by design" meaning an inherent property of the fediverse.

If I dont follow someone or my instance isnt federated with those of other followers we cant see each others comments or likes etc