cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/9076220

I posted this thread on jlai.lu. I got no replies as far as I could see from sopuli – no notifications, and when I enter that thread there are still zero replies. But when I visit the thread on the hosting instance, I see a reply. This behavior is the same as if I were blocking that community – but I am not.

When I search in sopuli for the direct link to the comment, the search finds it. And then I was able to forcibly interact with the comment.

I have to wonder how often someone replies to me and I have no idea because the response is hidden from me. This is a serious bug. Wholly unacceptable for a platform designed specifically for communication.

update 1 (another occurrence)

Here’s another thread with the same issue. Zero replies when I visit that thread mirror within sopuli, but 3 replies when visiting direct. I was disappointed that high-effort post got no replies. Now 2 months later I see there actually were replies. I will search those comment URLs perhaps in a couple days to interact. But I’ll hold off in case someone wants to investigate (because I think the act of searching those URLs results in copying the comments which could interfere with the investigation).

update 2 (subscription relevancy)

I was asked if I am subscribed to the community. Good question! The answer is no, so there’s a clue. Perhaps mentions do not trigger notifications if no one on the instance of the mentioned account is subscribed to the community. This could be the root cause of the bug.

  • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    9 months ago

    I can confirm, 1st link shows only 3 comments via sopuli instead of 5 trough direct link. As of why that happens I don’t have any idea tho.

    • freedomPusher@sopuli.xyzOP
      1·
      9 months ago

      Ah, I only knew about the 3 comments. The thread has grown since then. The two comments you do not see are due to no one on sopuli pulling them in. I think if anyone on Sopuli searches the URLs of the two comments, they will be copied onto sopuli and then everyone on sopuli will see them.

      @Camus@jlai.lu raises a good point. I am not subscribed to the community. And probably no one on Sopuli is subscribed to it. Apparently the side-effect is that mentions fail to generate notifications. Assuming that theory is correct, it’s still a bug nonetheless.

      /cc @benjhm@sopuli.xyz

      (edit: this comment herein revealed yet another bug)