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Can I comment on a thread on another instance if I'm not subscribed? (self.main)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MathProf to c/main

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I found an active thread in a sub on another instance I'd like to participate in. When I sub to the thread from sh.itjust.works there are no comments; I assume that's because sh.itjust.works only starts syncing communities after the first subscription. So now I can either read the thread on an instance I don't have a login for, or participate in an empty version of the thread on sh.itjust.works.

Is there any way to participate in the active thread at this point? Thanks.

edit: Just checked my subscription to the new community is [pending]. Maybe that's it?

edit2: Thanks to @Barbarian I can at least sub to one of the pending communities, and the others are on lemmy.ml, so I'll just wait those out.

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[–] Barbarian 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Just checked your comment history. Let me guess, the one at [email protected]? Lemmy.ml is MASSIVELY overloaded right now. 10x our users, half our server power. Treat any community there as "Will work if I'm lucky and time it right".

[–] MathProf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I can post there. It's on [email protected].

[–] Barbarian 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Trying it myself, having the same issue. It's not federation issues site-wide, popped into some popular posts and there are posts from sh.itjust.works users. It's not a block issue (although that allowed instance makes me very suspicious on their end), and it's not a site overloading issue (their site seems to be running fine).

EDIT: I KNEW IT! https://sh.itjust.works/post/70752

Should work fine now

[–] MathProf 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I'm subbed now. Of course, the comments that were added before I subbed aren't accessible from here, but at least I can join any that come along later.

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