Regarding "federation state": You can have a blocklist, then Lemmy will federate with every instance except blocked ones. Or have an allowlist, then it will only federate with the allowed ones. If neither is set then it also federate with everything. Using allowlist and blocklist together doesnt make much sense, then it would only federate with allowed instances which are not in the blocklist.
Related: see also my feature request for join-lemmy.org to display this information about each instance in a data table that compares each instance available:
thanks! Unfortunately that site is basically unuseable for me, but perhaps if we dig into their code, we'll find how they figure out the federation state..
Thanks! I can't find any field that specifies open or blocklist or allowlist but I do see arrays for linked and allowed and blocked. My best-guess is:
if allowed is not null, then the server's federation is in allowlist state
if blocked is not null, then the server's federation is in blocklist state
...but I could be totally wrong
And I don't know how to determine if the server's federation state is open.
It would be good if we had three example servers -- one in each state (open, blocklist, and allowlist) so that I could compare the API's output for each.
Regarding "federation state": You can have a blocklist, then Lemmy will federate with every instance except blocked ones. Or have an allowlist, then it will only federate with the allowed ones. If neither is set then it also federate with everything. Using allowlist and blocklist together doesnt make much sense, then it would only federate with allowed instances which are not in the blocklist.
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With forewarning about a huge influx of users, you know Lemmy.ml will go down. Even if people go to https://join-lemmy.org/instances and disperse among the great instances there, the servers will go down....
Can you post a video or written guide that shows me [a] how to actually see lemmy content inside mastodon and [b] how to see mastodon content inside lemmy?
Explainer videos are good, but I want to see screenshots of the UI and step-by-step instructions.
What's the difference between "linked", "allowed", and "blocked"
If you query the lemmy API, you get a ton of fun JSON data:...
Is it possible to query a lemmy instance's Federation State?
Is it possible for a user to query the state of a given lemmy server's federation state?...
3D-Printable BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) Prototype (www.buskill.in)
This article is about a new 3d-printable prototype version of the BusKill cable....
What open source project(s) are you working on?
So in the spirit of this community and not just to focus on the Reddit... issues... I thought it might be nice to get a topical conversation going in here....
How much money does Lemmy.ml need to temporarily boost their servers?
With forewarning about a huge influx of users, you know Lemmy.ml will go down. Even if people go to https://join-lemmy.org/instances and disperse among the great instances there, the servers will go down....