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

submitted 1 day 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 8 points 1 day ago

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 day ago

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

[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

Apparently we’re moving to piefed 🤞

[-] legionguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

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

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

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

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