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How is the instance decided? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by db2@lemmy.world to c/liftoff@lemmy.world
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In the screenshot you can see several posts from the same community shown as coming through two logged in accounts. Does it just randomly choose which account, first come first displayed, something else?

The idea behind multiple accounts is so my feed remains mostly usable when an instance goes down. The first one I signed up to (lemmy.one) went down after it upgraded and hasn't yet come back, the second one has been up and down (lemmy.world) and I decided to sign up to 4 total for redundancy, and because eventually there will be a way to tie the accounts together in a cohesive way.

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[-] mykl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It basically asks each instance for its “all” feed (or wherever) and passes the combined contents into your chosen sorting algorithm. In 0.10.10 we do a better job of spotting and removing duplicates.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Another weird thing is a community loaded through a different account even though there's an account on the instance the community itself is on:

https://files.catbox.moe/jd3qmc.png

In that case I'd think posts on that instance should always load through the account on it.

[-] Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And when you comment, how do you know which account the comment is coming from?

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think this depends on how the app you're using works.

Edit: oops! I didn't see the community this post was published on.

[-] Still@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure how it actually does it but I'd assume it takes the first like 10 posts from all instances then orders them by the sorting method, and then loads more as needed

[-] can@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

But they're being pulled by different accts?

[-] Raisin8659@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For Liftoffs, if you go to the top of your feed, you can pick instance/account. The feed that you see is for the account only. If the instance that you picked is offline, you just go to the top and pick another instance/account.

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