My replies via Mastodon to Lemmy posts don’t get distributed as expected. For example:

It seems my reply only shows in these Lemmy servers:

  • lemmy.ml (the server of the group to which the post was made)
  • lemmy.world (the server of the post’s author)
  • ttrpg.network (the server of the comment’s author)

From some other lemmy servers, my comment is not present:

I expected that my reply would show on any other Lemmy server with subscriptions to !privacy@lemmy.ml. Does that make sense? I’m hoping to help troubleshoot federation like this as I’m super excited about ActivityPub and what it means for the internet! :)

  • Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    9 months ago

    Ah ha makes sense now! The “Replying to comments” section of that article explains exactly what’s happening. If I understand correctly the community itself (!privacy@lemmy.ml in my above example) is not notified of my reply from Mastodon. If the community did know, then it would broadcast a notification of the activity to whoever else is subscribed to !privacy@lemmy.ml.