I’m a little confused. So I crossposted something from the Shadowrun community (nobody’s interested in an AAR, that’s fine, no issue).

Weird thing is, I got a downvote on the post, even though technically it’s on beehaw, which got me thinking.

This downvote is NOT visible on the beehaw server, but is visible in my server.

Does that mean that if a user outside beehaw makes a post in a beehaw community, that post can get downvoted by non-beehaw members? If so, how does that work?

Compare this: https://beehaw.org/post/485342

With that: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24091

  • ABlackWaltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Hmm, they might be visible because you’re viewing it through your instance and someone on an instance with them enabled downvoted, but I can’t be sure. This would be a better question for Beehaw Support, or maybe even Lemmy support since I’m not sure we have an answer based on my current understanding.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      i’m pretty sure they just don’t do anything even if “displayed” but also that any sort of display is a bug, FYI

      • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I deleted the post and immediately checked both links again. By the time anybody else checks, both links will show deleted.

        However, on checking immediately, the beehaw one was deleted and the sh.itjust.works one was not. This proves that the beehaw one is authoritative and federates out from there.

        This only deepens the mystery: if beehaw is authoritative for beehaw posts, how could a downvote propagate?

  • RoaringSilence@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    I am sitting on kbin, opened your post and wrote this comment. Also giving you an upvote.

    It’s a fediverse thing as long to instances talk the same protocol they can interact from within the fediverse no matter what instance .

    Edit: protocol not language