I created two accounts on two different instances and all the communities I see have different subscriber counts depending from which account I look. Why does that happen and how can I see the real subscriber count?

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Someone correct me if I’m wrong but here’s how I understand it:

    Say you have two instances A and B that are federated together, and you have a community C in B.

    If you look at C from within B, the subscriber count will give you the number of subscribers from B and will ignore the ones from other instances.

    If you look at C@B from within A, you will see this time the number of subscribers who have their accounts on A.

    • hyper@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Why did you formulate it so complex? 😂

      The subscribers are from your local instance. The end.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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        1 year ago

        But is this true?

        If member 1@A subscribes to B/c/C instead of A/c/C then will B’s subscriber count include 1@A?

        If that’s true you would have to say: The subscribers displayed are those subscribed to that instance, regardless of where their account exists.

        Which would mean the most accurate count would be the original community.