Like many others, I created accounts on a few different instances to try things out. Using apps like Liftoff and Jerboa make it very convenient to switch between accounts, but I’ve noticed that I get different posts showing up when browsing All, even with the same sort settings.

Can someone explain why that would be? I don’t think any of the instances I’m on are defederated, so shouldn’t I see the same posts across different instances?

  • s4if@lemmy.my.id
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    1 year ago

    All timeline is all post from subs/community that you and your instance-mates subscribe. Each instance has different users, and different user follow different communities. Hence All timeline can be different for each instances.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. Things are starting to click (for me) about how all of this works, and it reminds me of what I missed about lurking around the internet… but it’s cooler lol. It’s what I’ve kinda been looking for, but didn’t know where to find. I’m pretty stoked

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      1 year ago

      If a user follows something from Mastodon (for example) will that also begin to show up for the rest of their instance’s All timeline?

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        1 year ago

        AFAIK, no. Lemmy only shows posts from group actor a.ka community. And only shows comment from normal user as child of posts.