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.

  • freedomPusherOP
    1·
    9 months ago

    Try again. I think what happened is that after I posted this, someone on sopuli used the search function to import those msgs into sopuli, which then changed the state and hides the bug. I can now see all the msgs in the 2nd thread from sopuli. And in the 1st thread, I saw the reply only after I searched the URL from sopuli to import it. I’m sure you will see all 3 comments in each thread now.

    /cc @IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz

    • Ben Matthews
      2·
      9 months ago

      In the first thread (about the ATM) there should be six comments, I still see only three via Sopuli.
      Also Syl’s first comment shows as 5 days ago on original, and 4 days ago viewed from sopuli - a clue ?

      • freedomPusherOP
        1·
        9 months ago

        I guess you are talking about this comment? It’s strange that you have seen that comment on sopuli at all because at the moment I do not see it in the Sopuli copy of the thread. I would expect all Sopuli accounts to see the same msgs.

        The fact that you see that msg and I do not is perhaps yet another bug. If one Sopuli user does a search on a non-locally-existent comment, I would expect the search operation to copy the comment locally for all Sopuli users.

    • IsoKiero
      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.

      • freedomPusherOP
        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)