Just what the title says. Can I upvote posts and comments in communities I am not subscribed for?

  • Teppic
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    21 year ago

    Surely you couldn’t be viewing the post while logged in to upvote if your instance wasn’t federated…

    • JackGreenEarth
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      31 year ago

      It’s a common misconception, but you can view any post in the fediverse. You are not able to interact with any defederated instance.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I think you can, actually. One instance can have an entirely separate comment section. It’s almost like the users of one instance are shadow banned from the other.

      Actually, I think I’m a little wrong: that happens when one instance BLOCKS another, and then you’re commenting on the blocked instance from a THIRD instance? It’s all kinda complicated and I’m not sure I grasp it fully.