No. If you look at the URL of any meme community, its hosted on the instance of the OP, not your instance.
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FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 month ago
Shouldn’t they be federated permanently with other instances?
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 5 weeks ago
Yea but the posts stille exist on any other instance that was federated with OPs, right?
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The post will remain, but the image would be gone.
Let me give you an example. I’m gonna attach an image in this comment, I want you to see this comment, acknowledge seeing it, then I’ll go to my profile and delete the image without deleting this comment, and you can check what happens when I delete the image.
This is an image from Star Wars most epic scene. If you do not see the image, then I’ve deleted it
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 weeks ago
This depends on the settings of the other instance. Some instances copy images, others don’t.