for example i posted several times in this thread and no showed https://lemmy.world/post/2461610 is there a way of knowing where’s worth posting to because i feel like i’m just wasting time if i’m posting and no one will ever see it.

  • jgrim of SublinksMA
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    Lemmy will queue announcements to send to other instances with a max retry. Currently, I cannot view the pending queue. The queue is kept entirely in memory too.

    If a server is over loaded or the Lemmy backend restarts then this changes are LOST. It’s a terrible experience.

    This would explain intermittent issues but not consistent.

    I’m looking into the cause of this along with members of the community. I’m also working on a tool to attempt to resolve missed messages.

    I know it’s not perfect but the community is working on it. It’s a complex beast that needs some work. We’re working on it.

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    I have a similar problem with three instances:

    I was able to post on all three. I haven’t been able to post on lemmy.world for over two weeks, and recently I lost the ability to post on szmer.info.

    I think there should be some kind of “handshake” between your instance and the instance of the recipient of your post. A notification that would tell you that synthing has failed.

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    The issue is somewhat resolved. But older posts / comments aren’t syncing. If you edit your comment and save, it would show up.

    Or you can just post again.

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    Without being able to post to lemmy.world, the experience is pretty much useless. Hope it’s fixed soon otherwise I’m leaving this instance