…and why is it often PAINFULLY slow to acknowledge an up/down vote or to open the reply dialog?

  • Zak@lemmy.world
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    Your server sends a message to other servers saying what you voted or replied.

    A reply dialog being slow to open sounds like an issue with your client, not federation.

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      Huh. I’m just browsing Lemmy in a Firefox tab - and the reply dialog sometimes opens right up and other times leaves me wondering if I really hit that button! I wasn’t sure if that was another thing where my instance had to “ask” the federation if I could reply before giving me the dialog or something.

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        As far as I understand it federation shouldn’t have anything to do with commenting on your own instance but rather after when it gets sent to other instances.