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!

  • Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com
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    1 year ago

    Your post will be stored on both instances. Any media like pictures or videos will only be stored on your instance. Media will be referenced if the content is being viewed on another instance. At least I think so.