I’ll explain with an example - there are 3 Lemmy instances A, B, C

A federates with B but not C

B Federates with both A and C

Does A indirectly get the content from C due to B’s federation with it?

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  • Izzy@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m going to guess not because then we would have infinite loops of federated content. It probably checks the source instance before syncing content.

    • WontonSoup@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      That makes sense if it were to become circular. The way I was thinking of it is like

      B gets C’s content making C’s part of B’s. so because C’s is a part of B then A gets it.

      But I guess C’s content isn’t really B’s its only there through federation? Trying to wrap my head around all this, appreciate the reply.