@db0 but the following replies that I sent from Mastodon did NOT ping the community handle, yet still reached Lemmy.ml:
- My first reply to you in this thread.
- My reply to @gary_host_laptop on my original “can you see this message?” thread.
@db0 You mean that pinging a user from the target Lemmy instance might force that instance to pull in intermediate messages from the same thread? Yes, that could be a factor.
Still doesn’t explain why my reply to Grendel didn’t reach Lemmy.ml, though.
I’m not pinging anyone from Lemmy.ml this time, so see what happens.
@db0 Thanks, let me test whether mentioning a Lemmy.ml user (Hello, @lemmy_support !) causes this message to show up at Lemmy.ml
It would explain why even though my first reply to in this thread DID show up on Lemmy.ml, ~~my reply to your second message in this thread did NOT show up there~~.
UPDATE: my reply to your 2nd message HAS now shown up on lemmy.ml . I guess it got caught in a random federation delay. So, now we still don’t know why my message to Grandel didn’t show there. 🤔
@db0 Yes, looks like it did fail. It would be good to figure out how/why, in order to learn what users or devs should do to avoid those failures.
Another reason your initial explanation seems not to be correct (though I’m still grateful for it!) is that even though your Fediverse account is NOT hosted on the Lemmy.ml instance, my reply to you from Mastodon DID show up on Lemmy.ml: https://lemmy.ml/post/50110148
@db0 Thanks! Based on your explanation:
- My original post from Mastodon was to a Lemmy community hosted on the lemmy.ml instance: https://lemmy.ml/c/asklemmy
- My reply to @gary_host_laptop showed in that community because their Fediverse account is ALSO on the lemmy.ml instance.
- My reply to @sem did not show in that community because their Fediverse account is NOT on the lemmy.ml instance.
BUT
Why then did my later reply to @grandel NOT show at !asklemmy@lemmy.ml ? https://mastodon.social/@modem/_down/116907056512323326
@gary_host_laptop Very good. Comedy gold!
@db0 do you have a GitHub account?
If so, would you mind opening an issue there, asking the Lemmy devs to take a look at this thread so investigate why my reply to Grendel didn’t reach lemmy.ml even though it should have done. Thank you again.
It does seem like there must have been some kind of federation bug involved.