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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Are you asking on how to search through your own local data from a instance you took offline?

Edit: this reply looks dumb now that the original post has been edited.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not local data, question is meant from a regular visitor point of view (not necessarily an instance admin).

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

Well, I would opt for a search through Kagi using the fediverse lense. But you basically edited your post on how it would need to be done otherwise And answered your own question. There’s also https://fedi-search.com/

The post ID isn’t universal when you’re putting it in another instance search bar. You have to use the entire URL of the originating instance.