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Is there a way to shop around for a Lemmy instance based on how many instances are blocking it and how many instances it's blocking? For example, I noticed that the lemmygrad.ml instance is relatively popular, but it seems like a lot of other instances block it. It also blocks a bunch of other instances. So, if there are any communities on there that might be relevant to me then I would be missing out. I guess I could just create an account on a walled instance, but I would prefer not to keep creating accounts. I'd like to just find one instance that maximizes my access. Is the answer to just run my own instance?

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[โ€“] 7eter@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

U might want to take a look at the federation map. It might be a bit overwhelming but in the settings on the bottom left you may chose blocked and allowed in order to get some insights on who federates with whom.

[โ€“] Kurt@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh wow what did lemmygrad.ml do?

[โ€“] rrpeak@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] jarfil@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Why can't a user choose to block an instance? That sounds like it should be a feature request, at least for the app.

[โ€“] Kurt@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, thanks for filling me in. I myself am skeptical about US-centric, mainstream criticism of China and DPRK et al., but I can see how that gets annoying when people get carried away with it. If there's a way to mute instances rather than completely sever the connection for all the members of an instance with a block, I think that would have been more appropriate in this case. I think Mastodon has that functionality, but maybe not.

[โ€“] rrpeak@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

It seems like Lemmy does not have this functionality yet https://feddit.de/post/753220

[โ€“] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're just generally annoying. They're tankies, constantly praising Putin and the CCP.

[โ€“] thevoyage@no.lastname.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Basically sums it up really, although it's great fun to drop in and stir up shit every so often.

They're completely off the deep end though.

Deny and or support genocide, for one thing

[โ€“] fluffman86@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

@rrpeak@feddit.de linked one reddit post while I was searching for this one, so here it is anyway:

https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/13zl7s1/fediversetips_i_do_not_recommend_lemmy_i_have/

And here's the OG mastodon post from fedi.tips:

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379

Make sure to "Show More" on each post in the thread, including the replies. I thought it was all spamming the same post for a minute, lol.

[โ€“] trollblox_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

what's the difference between 'open' and 'allowed'?