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Finding an instance that blocks least and is least blocked (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by Kurt@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

AFAIK, yes, the answer to have control on which instances are blocked is to run your own instance, that's actually what I did.

For a way to search the number of instances that block certain instance, I don't think there's something like that yet.

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

If you turn your server off does that make your communities and account history invisible until you turn it back on?

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm assuming that what you've got is a small personal instance. Does it have any trouble getting content from other instances?

[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it's a small instance I'm only intending to use it myself, maybe some other friends later.
I'm doing it in a VPS with 1 core, 1GB RAM and 25GB SSD (it's the smallest one).

The only problem I had was because the documentation is a bit outdated, after fixing a single configuration everything has been smooth, I can easily subscribe to any community from any other instance and I can interact no problem.

[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You still have the issue that you only get comments made or updated after initially subscribing? Like the first time you go to a community all the posts have no comments, and you only get new ones after that point.

I'm thinking about maybe making a bot user that automatically subscribes to every community it can find just so I can have everything synced.

[–] alex@agora.nop.chat 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is expected behaviour. The feed that grabs the last 20 posts doesn't include comments, so you'll only get comments from that moment on.

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