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My Federation status set to "On." What does this mean exactly? Are there Lemmy communities that I am automatically federated with when it is enabled? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by SandwichStan@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Under status, it says

Instances:

What does this mean exactly?

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[–] admin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When you turn on Federation status, you are able to see posts from every other instance. When you turn it off, you only see posts from kbin and other closely federated instances.

[–] SandwichStan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What "closely" federated instances? It is blank under "Instances:"

[–] admin@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The instances are currently not listed, but you can see them when you view /m/all or /m/newest. It will be updated in the future.

[–] SandwichStan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

[–] mrbigmouth502@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

What determines how closely federated one instance is to another?