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Dead Lemmy instance, how/where to find backup of the post that was on the offline instance? (lemmings.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Please what are the easiest and fastest steps in order to find backup of a currently unavailable post thanks to no longer running Lemmy instance?

Lets say it is this post we are reading, that become offline. I am not asking for the links to instances that hosts it, but for the way on how to discover all the instances myself.

So far I have found only this way:

  1. open largest instances list: https://lemmyverse.net/?order=posts&open=true

  2. open one after another and under magnifier button, search for the same post ID (number) as your dead link has. One can also search for the post title (while making sure that the search scope is everywhere, not local).

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

View the community that had that post from that instance on other instances. Should still be there, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What are the steps to discover it knowing ONLY lets say "lemmings.world/post/10530999" and nothing else. If that is not possible, then knowing title "Dead Lemmy instance, how/where to find backup of the post that was on the offline instance?" and mentioned URL, while not knowing parent community name or the instance from which the post originated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

If you know the url, that can be put into the search on instances too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Thx, I have found that the small to medium Lemmy instances are NOT aware about the post, yet most of big instances are. So it fits what has been said: "New posts and comments should always propagate if at least one user is subscribed to the community." - big instances and old instances has higher likelyhood of someone being subscibed to it prior to me posting the post, so the instance could download that post. Related topic: What are the conditions for the Lemmy post to be distributed to other Lemmy instances?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if there is a way to quickly find this. The best bet is probably trying the bigger instances, and seeing if it's accessible through them.

You've made me think now: it might be a nice project for a some instance admins to flag when an instance they had received posts from goes offline. (I should probably check what I have from feddit.de!)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

feddit.de is not offline. It has problems, yes, but it is still online. :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are you asking on how to search through your own local data from a instance you took offline?

Edit: this reply looks dumb now that the original post has been edited.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not local data, question is meant from a regular visitor point of view (not necessarily an instance admin).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well, I would opt for a search through Kagi using the fediverse lense. But you basically edited your post on how it would need to be done otherwise And answered your own question. There’s also https://fedi-search.com/

The post ID isn’t universal when you’re putting it in another instance search bar. You have to use the entire URL of the originating instance.