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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 0 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 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow what did lemmygrad.ml do?

[โ€“] rrpeak@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Kurt@lemmy.one 0 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 0 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] trollblox_@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] 7eter@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I assumed this shows if an instance whitelisted/allowed another instance.