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Can I comment on a thread on another instance if I'm not subscribed? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MathProf@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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I found an active thread in a sub on another instance I'd like to participate in. When I sub to the thread from sh.itjust.works there are no comments; I assume that's because sh.itjust.works only starts syncing communities after the first subscription. So now I can either read the thread on an instance I don't have a login for, or participate in an empty version of the thread on sh.itjust.works.

Is there any way to participate in the active thread at this point? Thanks.

edit: Just checked my subscription to the new community is [pending]. Maybe that's it?

edit2: Thanks to @Barbarian I can at least sub to one of the pending communities, and the others are on lemmy.ml, so I'll just wait those out.

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[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think you might be able to subscribe and unsubscribe? I'm not sure why it would federate over the post itself but not the comments.

If subscriptions are getting stuck pending, the community's home instance could be overloaded. Maybe the comments will federate over later.

[–] MathProf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I'll stick with it until it's no longer pending and see if it fixes itself. You're probably right that it's just a taxed server.