Title. I have seen this issue in the past, but I just stumbled across a post where the difference is massive (as of today, 14 January 2024):
316 upvotes and 173 comments on lemmy.sh.itjust.works
vs
-13 upvotes and 7 comments on lemmy.zip
for no apparent reason (i.e. lemmy.zip doesn’t seem to be blocking the instances the missing comments are coming from and those instances aren’t blocking lemmy.zip either). What’s going on here?
Is the issue solved as of today?
P.S. Here’s how the post appears on other instances
AFAIK its “by design” meaning an inherent property of the fediverse.
If I dont follow someone or my instance isnt federated with those of other followers we cant see each others comments or likes etc