A quick look at the https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/federation_getting_started.html does not answer that question. Though at least ChatGPT has an opinion (which may be misleading) 😀
the probability of it (the post) being distributed on multiple instances depends on factors such as the popularity of the post, the number of upvotes and comments it receives, and how widely it is shared across different instances. Posts that generate a lot of engagement and discussion are more likely to be distributed on multiple instances, as they are more likely to be shared and reposted by users. Additionally, posts that are deemed relevant or controversial may also be more likely to be spread across multiple instances.
I am unsure what it means by shared (i assume just posting a link is not enough).
If that is true that reposted (often called cross-posted) post makes a fully “featured” copy/backup on a different Lemmy instance, is there anything else that does it? Thank you
The condition is only that one of your users has subscribed to said remote community.
A post will federate to every instance that has at least 1 subscriber of that community. If you want to get your communities federating to other instances and get them more popular, use this tool
New posts and comments should always propagate if at least one user is subscribed to the community. Otherwise not.
For old content:
- A few newest posts are fetched when a community is viewed for the first time (by a logged in user).
- Old posts and comments will be fetched if a logged in user manually requests them by searching.
Good example of AI making stuff up instead of simply saying “I don’t know”.
