I think it’s either a bug or related to server load. I made a post on this community noting the same thing. It’s like instances are not communicating with each other right now.
I looked at the same post from 4 different instances and got four different results in both comment count and votes.
From the server it was originally posted on (currently at 9 comments): https://lemmy.ml/post/1244889
lemmy.world (8 comments): https://lemmy.world/post/112477
beehaw.org (10 comments): https://beehaw.org/post/542091
sh.itjust.works (5 comments): https://sh.itjust.works/post/79680
I just made a similar post of my own on this community. I’m seeing the exact same thing. It’s like instances are not speaking with one another properly right now.
I posted this same post on r/redditalternatives and got a similar response, that lemmy.ml is going through it right now and causing sync issues.
Just makes me paranoid that whichever instance I browse Lemmy from, I’ll be missing some content.
Discrepancies between instances
Take a look at this same post, from four different instances:
From the server it was originally posted on (currently at 9 comments): https://lemmy.ml/post/1244889
lemmy.world (8 comments): https://lemmy.world/post/112477
beehaw.org (10 comments): https://beehaw.org/post/542091
sh.itjust.works (5 comments): https://sh.itjust.works/post/79680
This just doesn’t make sense to me. I thought the entire point of all of this was that you get the same content regardless of which instance you’re on. But clearly, I’m seeing wildly different results. Why?
I doubt my backwards ass state will allow this but I’m nonetheless glad to read this headline!