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Dead Lemmy instance, how/where to find backup of the post that was on the offline instance? (lemmings.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Please what are the easiest and fastest steps in order to find backup of a currently unavailable post thanks to no longer running Lemmy instance?

Lets say it is this post we are reading, that become offline. I am not asking for the links to instances that hosts it, but for the way on how to discover all the instances myself.

So far I have found only this way:

open largest instances list: https://lemmyverse.net/?order=posts&open=true
open one after another and under magnifier button, search for the same post ID (number) as your dead link has. One can also search for the post title (while making sure that the search scope is everywhere, not local).

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[–] JackbyDev 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

View the community that had that post from that instance on other instances. Should still be there, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What are the steps to discover it knowing ONLY lets say "lemmings.world/post/10530999" and nothing else. If that is not possible, then knowing title "Dead Lemmy instance, how/where to find backup of the post that was on the offline instance?" and mentioned URL, while not knowing parent community name or the instance from which the post originated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

If you know the url, that can be put into the search on instances too.

[–] JackbyDev 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

https://programming.dev/search?q=Dead%20Lemmy%20instance%2C%20how%2Fwhere%20to%20find%20backup%20of%20the%20post%20that%20was%20on%20the%20offline%20instance%3F&type=Posts&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll

Search by post, paste title, make sure you're searching all communities and not just local.

Or paste the URL in the search. Thanks to this post's suggestion.

https://programming.dev/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Flemmings.world%2Fpost%2F10530999&type=Posts&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Thx, I have found that the small to medium Lemmy instances are NOT aware about the post, yet most of big instances are. So it fits what has been said: "New posts and comments should always propagate if at least one user is subscribed to the community." - big instances and old instances has higher likelyhood of someone being subscibed to it prior to me posting the post, so the instance could download that post. Related topic: What are the conditions for the Lemmy post to be distributed to other Lemmy instances?