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If I want to create backup communities in a different instance, is there a way to mirror the original communities in the new instance? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you post a new comment, it won't leave your instance, but all the old posts/comments will still be there.

Could you clarify this for me? Say I follow a community on instance A with an instance B account. Then the community is mirrored on B, including comments. I comment on a post. Then is my comment stored on both A and B?

[–] pornhubfan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, exactly. Let's say you're on instance B and I'm on instance C, and we both follow a community on instance A. You comment on a post, it will be stored on your instance B, and sent to instance A. Instance A will share it with my instance C because I follow the community, and it will be mirrored on all 3 instances. If instance A goes down, or doesn't exist anymore, the old post/comments will still be there on instance B and C. If you leave new comments after instance A goes down, they won't make it to my instance C. That's my understanding at least, hope that makes sense!

[–] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, OK, thanks. Nice with so much redundancy!

Kinda odd that you'd still be able to comment, even if the original is unavailable, but also nice.

Say A comes up again. Will comments I made on B while it was down be pushed over?