Submitted 2 days ago by Freakazoid@lemmings.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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?
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.
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:
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?
In that case the reply should still appear on their own instance.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 days ago
are you sure youre viewing the post on your home instance? are you utilizing a specific app for lemmy?
Freakazoid@lemmings.world 2 days ago
good question! im using my lemmins.world instance ( website) in tangram. For android im using Voyager.
klu9@piefed.social 2 days ago
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.