If I delete a post from on another server, it only disappears from my instance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by MrNemobody@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I posted something on lemmy.ml (mine is lemmy.world) and deleted it right away. I thought it was gone, but a few days later I searched my profile on Mastodon and saw the post there, with many comments. Then I checked the community from another profile and my post was threre.

Was this a bug or we can only delete posts from our account server?

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It sometimes takes a while or a second try due to how things work between instances. You told your instance to tell the other instance to delete it, but sometimes the other instance doesn't get your request or there is a queue of other requests slowing yours down.

I noticed this with posting, too. This comment itself might not show up for a few minutes because I'm on a different instance than the post is coming from.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023

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