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Where are posts stored? (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago by kiwi@lemmy.one to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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Hi, I’m new to the fediverse and trying to wrap my head around lemmy specifically.

If i’m signed into an account on beehaw.org and post to a community on lemmy.ml, is my post/comment saves on beehaw.org or lemmy.ml’s server? I understand that it will be federated between both servers but I’m curious which database the post lives i’m. Or is it replicated across both.

And do other federated services work the same way, like mastodon?

Thanks for the help in understanding this stuff!

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

What a lemmy group does is something akin to "boosting" any content published to it.

So, lets say you make your post from beehaw to lemmy_support on lemmy.ml. lemmy_support will see your post and then "boost" it, so anyone that follows lemmy_support (ie, is subscribed to it) will see the "boost" (though it doesn't look like a boost through the specialised lemmy interface).