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!

  • maliciousonionEnglish
    2·
    47 minutes ago

    Yeah, lemmy.ml blocks most porn/nsfw/r34 instances. I personally like it that way.

    I mainly sort posts by “all” and simply blocking NSFW tags hides some posts that aren’t full-blown porn but just involve mature topics. So it’s better than using an instance that doesn’t defederate and turning off NSFW posts, at least for me.

    mander.xyz is pretty open to most instances afaik, check it out if interested.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    4·
    3 hours 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.

    • 🦇 Batman 🦇OPEnglish
      3·
      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
        1·
        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
          1·
          44 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