What about the old data? Are they also stored retroactively once the link happens?
And about the linking, from what I gather, (taking your example) as long as any one user from lemmy.world from retrieves posts from lemm.ee, or if they subscribe to it, the “link” will happen. Is that correct?
Is there anyway to verify that the data is persisted on lemmy.world? As long as the post/community is visible right now from lemmy.world, would it be indication that it will be there even after lemm.ee shuts down?
When instances federate, they don’t send old content. Old content will be fetched if a user tries to open it, for example by clicking a link to an old post (on some apps) or pasting its url into the search box.
The data copied to the other instance will stay on the other instance, unless manually deleted for some reason.
So if a brand new instance is started, it does not retroactively receive any content from other servers. Only ones that were connected by a link at the time content was posted will have a copy, essentially.
To know which posts will be kept on different servers, look up your own username, e.g. lemmy.ca/u/TrivialKin@lemm.ee
TrivialKin@lemm.ee 2 months ago
What about the old data? Are they also stored retroactively once the link happens?
And about the linking, from what I gather, (taking your example) as long as any one user from
lemmy.worldfrom retrieves posts fromlemm.ee, or if they subscribe to it, the “link” will happen. Is that correct?Is there anyway to verify that the data is persisted on
lemmy.world? As long as the post/community is visible right now fromlemmy.world, would it be indication that it will be there even afterlemm.eeshuts down?sevon@lemmy.kde.social 2 months ago
When instances federate, they don’t send old content. Old content will be fetched if a user tries to open it, for example by clicking a link to an old post (on some apps) or pasting its url into the search box.
The data copied to the other instance will stay on the other instance, unless manually deleted for some reason.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
So if a brand new instance is started, it does not retroactively receive any content from other servers. Only ones that were connected by a link at the time content was posted will have a copy, essentially.
To know which posts will be kept on different servers, look up your own username, e.g. lemmy.ca/u/TrivialKin@lemm.ee