Can't react to certain posts of other lemmy users, why?
from Freakazoid@lemmings.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 15:39
https://lemmings.world/post/33568409

Hi guys,

There is an “issue” that I’m experiencing lately, and I don’t know why exactly.

Sometimes a user has a question that I would like to answer for them, so I click reply, but then the instance that user is on asks me to create an account. So it’s basically asking me to create another account for that specific instance even though I’m using a Lemmy account to write this post.

My question: Why is this happening, and shouldn’t we be able to react to one another?

Im using:

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 07 Sep 15:42 next collapse

are you sure youre viewing the post on your home instance? are you utilizing a specific app for lemmy?

Freakazoid@lemmings.world on 07 Sep 15:45 collapse

good question! im using my lemmins.world instance ( website) in tangram. For android im using Voyager. Issue happens on both things.

klu9@piefed.social on 07 Sep 16:09 collapse

I put lemmyverse.link at the start of URLs that lead to a different instance. That redirects them to my home instance where I xan vote, comment etc.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 15:50 next collapse

I can’t say I’ve ever had that happen to me, so I don’t know what to tell you. But you’ll probably want to add some information to your post, such as:

  • Are you on a PC or mobile device
  • What browser or app you’re using for Lemmy
  • Are you using the default UI or an alternate like Photon or Alexandrite (I don’t know if any of the apps give you a choice or if this is only applicable in a browser)
  • Screenshots showing the steps to reproduce the issue
__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de on 07 Sep 18:21 collapse

And also what instance the original post is on that you would like to comment to. Could this maybe be some kind of one-sided federation issue? Where posts get federated to your home instance, but replies grom your home instance are not being accepted by OP’s instance?

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 08 Sep 17:30 collapse

In that case the reply should still appear on their own instance.

__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de on 08 Sep 19:02 collapse

Oh, I did not realize that it worked this way. I always figured the reply object would have to first be created on the post’s original server (simply listing the reply creator as being from a foreign server) and then federated outwards from the post’s original sever again. I did not realize that replies could be directly created on foreign servers, as from the viewpoint of the original post server.

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 08 Sep 17:32 collapse

When replying make sure you’re still on your own instance. So lemmings.world should be in the address bar. If you are on another instance you should be able to get to the same post by searching for the URL on your own instance.