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!

  • 🦇 Batman 🦇OPEnglish
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    3 hours ago

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

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 hour 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

      • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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        49 minutes 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