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Why Can't I See Certain Communities on Lemmy.ml ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by legionguy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m new to Lemmy and previously had an account on another instance (can’t recall which one), where I could see NSFW communities like those dedicated to adult content. However, after joining Lemmy.ml, I’ve noticed I can’t find or interact with those types of communities.

Can a Lemmy instance block its users from accessing specific communities or even entire instances that host such content ?

If so, is there a way to connect to those communities while staying on Lemmy.ml, or would I need to join a different instance ?

I’m just trying to understand how federation and instance rules work to make the most of the Fediverse.

Any insights would be super helpful—thanks in advance!

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Instances can defederate with other instances, effectively blocking them. For example your instance has blocked lemmynsfw.com and quite a few instances block lemmy.ml. It's not the best instance to choose if you want to federate with a lot of other instances.

[–] legionguy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

any instance you know ?? i tried beehaw but they did not created a account for me

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like mine, discuss.tchncs.de.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

agreed, I don't feel I'm missing out on anything here, although obviously I don't know because I don't have an account on another instance

although if I joined the threadiverse now I would join an instance that also supports following microblogs, i.e. a piefed or mbin instance, probably will do that if I ever have a reason to abandon this account

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

sh.itjust.works does not require an application

Beehaw is planing to migrate to a different platform and they haven't been updating their lemmy server software. Maybe not a good idea to use Beehaw.

Theres also lemmy.dbzer0.com - the instance I'm using. Very pro-piracy and seems to be anarchist friendly

or lemmy.world - early on it was like the top 2 biggest, it hosts a lot of the main communities

the last 2 I mentioned do need an application tho

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Never forget about SDF!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_Public_Access_Unix_System

[–] legionguy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

lemmy.dbzer0.com this is what i want , thx

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apparently we’re moving to piefed 🤞

[–] legionguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

piefed seems interesting but i can only see lemmy subs and accounts

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Fair, that’s all I want anyway. Masto overlap with lemmy is neat but usually pretty janky looking

[–] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I can vouch for lemm.ee being nice