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   BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 03:59:08 JST BeAware :fediverse:

   Kinda weird and sus that some Mastodon instances aren't respecting deletes....

   Had a post I deleted last week that just got replied to, from a mastodon instance.

   And people wonder why casual users don't wanna be here...🤦♂️

   #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 04:23:09 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     • Tom Casavant

     @tom https://mastodon.acm.org/@nikatjef/113159038341162925

     I deleted the post that this is replying to.

     You won't find it on my instance. Yet, there it is.

     Not sure what it is, but it doesn't feel good.

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     Tom Casavant (tom@tomkahe.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 04:23:10 JST Tom Casavant

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     @BeAware which instance? That sounds more like a bug than anything, you'd have to go out of your way to reject deletes right or just never receive the DELETE message?

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 04:40:59 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     • Mike Johnston
     • Tom Casavant

     @tom @ThaMunsta it should send delete requests to every instance that it was sent to. It should know that because my server has to actually send the post. Maybe I'm misunderstanding things but this seems like it should be an easy thing to do.

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     Tom Casavant (tom@tomkahe.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 04:41:00 JST Tom Casavant

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     • Mike Johnston

     @ThaMunsta @BeAware actually now that you mention it, I'm not sure how Mastodon decides where to send Deletes to

     Like, does it maintain a list of all servers that requested your post? That feels excessive but also probably the only way to ensure that every server that has your data deletes it. Or does it just send it to all your followers and servers that boosted/liked it

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     Mike Johnston (thamunsta@mastodon.nervesocket.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 04:41:01 JST Mike Johnston

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     • Tom Casavant

     @BeAware @tom I would like to think this is sorta a "if a tree falls in a forest" kinda thing or maybe just a relay not doing a good job. If you have a follower from that instance it absolutely should not happen...