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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Aha sorry, yes you can comment to any thread so long as you can load the post on your end.

[–] MathProf 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Can you walk me through how to do it? As it is, I can only see a thread on a community I'm not subscribed to by going to the instance it's hosted on. But I'm not logged in there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

While you wait for sh.itjust.works to sync all the comments, you can browse it on the other communities instance, find the comment you want to interact with, then right click the little rainbow icon next to the hyperlink icon, copy that link into sh.itjust.works' search bar and it will sync that comment immediately, letting you interact with it.

For example, if I found your comment on another instance and I wanted to reply, I would copy the link to it, go to my instance (lemmy.one) and paste the link which is: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/120320

Hacky solution ik but itll work until the user experience kinks are ironed out.

[–] MathProf 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, hey, that's cool! I knew the "network" icon was a direct link, but didn't know searching for it on my instance would sync it. Super cool.

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