Jerry

I've noticed the same happening sometimes on https://feddit.online. I deleted one of the duplicates to fix it. I assumed it would fix it, but based on this report, the community might be left broken.

I have a hunch, but don't have evidence, that it's possible to add a community that was already added by the seeding routine and so end up with two of the same.

Oddly, they do have different stats.

I used a straight edge. They aren't lined up.

Thanks, Phil.

I agree about Drudge, and I ignored the report for years. But, like you, of late, it seems fine, so I've been following it. I too would abandon it if it goes back to misinformation.

I found numerous references to it documented on the Internet, before posting it

I'm actually reading and replying from my PieFed instance.

Thank you for setting up the group for me!

I just sent you a message from my Mastodon instance. Messages to/from Lemmy to/from Mastodon should work.

I just started following both this group and bits_and_pieces from Mastodon and from Friendica. Friendica does recognize both as type "Groups".

I haven't seen a post yet from bits_and_pieces come in to either one yet since I just started following. I'll post here how they look in both applications. In PieFed, what I see is identical to how it shows in Lemmy.

Everyone is answering about wearing a mask, when the poster clearly makes the point that they don't have one. They can't just poof it from the air. The answers are not helpful.

The question is about whether shallow breathing and nose or mouth breathing is better. It's a very particular question. An interesting question.

Does anyone know, with real scientific knowledge, what the answer to this specific question is? Can anyone answer to the specific question?

So far, I'm liking it. There was a long article about zoning board business in my town. It gave me a beautiful summary. I asked for more specifics about one item, and it gave it to me. I've only had it installed for 15 minutes, and so far, I'm liking it!

Thanks for posting this. This information helps to make better decisions on the ballot questions!

As one Admin to another, I'm sad to hear that we're losing a good instance. And, I'm sorry that people ruined your fun.

Thanks for all you've done. All the best to you.

The key word here is "connected" instances. You don't find hashtag-related posts from all the servers, just the servers that your server is connected to and also only posts that your server has seen from other servers.

This is why, on my instance, I relay with over 300 other instances, some of them are the larger ones. All the posts they see on their server are duplicated onto my smaller server. The impact is that while my server is small, it has the same messages as one of the large servers which makes for a better experience. Note that Mastodon.social does not relay with any other instance. Not that most instances could possibly hold all their posts and accounts anyway.

When I search for hashtags on my instance, I do get a lot of hits.

Many smaller servers do not relay as much as I do, or at all, because it requires disk space to store all the posts, images, and accounts that are streaming in constantly from all these other servers. I don't have these concerns because I have unlimited capacity. So, the experience will vary depending on which server your account is on.

You have to use hashtags on Mastodon if you want your messages to be seen because there is no AI to fill timelines. People follow hashtags and search for them. Then you'll get likes and boosts.

And, you control your own timeline by following hashtags, following people, and searching for hashtags. This way, unlike Twitter, your timeline only has posts that you are interested in. Once you get this set up, it's quite nice to only see posts that you like reading, without advertising and without posts meant to enrage you.

Also you can use https://fedi.directory to find great people to follow.

OMG. Thanks for posting. I run a Mastodon server as well and, oh my, the Mastodon Developers would never have been willing to help me. A wild tale. Glad the fix ended up in the next release. Thanks for posting!