If you query the lemmy API, you get a ton of fun JSON data:

One thing interesting that I saw was huge lists of other federated servers in the federated_instances dictionary.

There’s three arrays in there:

  1. linked
  2. allowed
  3. blocked

What do each of these mean, and what impact does it have on the server when they’re set to some list of hosts or if they’re null?

  • maltfieldOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    So if a user searches for a community on another instance, does that mean that the instance that they’re following is automatically added to the linked list or no?

    If so, does that happen when they subscribe or when they search?

    • poVoq@slrpnk.net
      2·
      1 year ago

      As far as I know, yes. I am not 100% sure if searching but not interacting is sufficient. But I think a reply is sufficient, not only actual subscriptions.

      • maltfieldOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        Interesting. So I guess that functionality is disabled when the admin has a non-null list set for allowed