this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2026
2 points (100.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

40597 readers
895 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, toxicity and dog-whistling are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !uspolitics@lemmy.world


7) No Hit-and-Run questions.
Please don't delete your post for no apparent reason. If you plan on deleting a question later, say so in the post, or if you feel that you have a good reason to remove it, message a mod beforehand. It's not fair to the ones who took their time to answer, and it's not in the spirit of the community.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
  • I made a Pieface account, but I can't see the comments and posts from my Lemmy account. What's up with that?
  • Is there a way to transfer posts etc from one account to another?
top 1 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Pamasich@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is there a way to transfer posts etc from one account to another?

Pretty sure there isn't.

I made a Pieface account, but I can't see the comments and posts from my Lemmy account. What's up with that?

Lemmy and Piefed work a lot like email. Your posts are sent to a list of recipients, and only the receiving servers are aware of them. On Lemmy/Piefed, that list of recipients includes: the community you're posting in, the user you're replying to, any users you mention in the post, and users that follow you. Any server with a user on that list will get your post, any server that isn't featured on that list will not. Communities will then fan out posts they receive to all their subscribers, allowing them to reach a greater audience.

If you posted to an obscure community, then that explains why your post isn't visible on Piefed. If you registered on a smaller Piefed instance, that could also explain why they might not have received your post. Less users means that, even if the community is large, it's less likely for someone to be subscribed to it.

It's also possible that the Piefed instance has blocked your Lemmy instance. Or, if you just made your posts, that it's just taking a while for the two servers to communicate.