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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!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yes, instances can defederate with each other. lemmy.ml defederated with lemmynsfw.com, which is why you don't see these posts.

You can try my instance, discuss.tchncs.de, as far as I see, they federate with lemmynsfw.com.

Do refrain from joining big instances, like lemmy.world, as they are currently dominating the Lemmyverse.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

if lemmy.ml blocks lemmynsfw.com and i create a account on lemmynsfw.com , Can i access lemmy.ml content ? including creating post , commenting and voting as this instance is for adult content and they have no reason to block any instance . Hence i will get all lemmy content

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Depending on which app you use (I know Voyager and Mlem support it) you can add a “guest” account to some servers that doesn’t need any login. That’s how I browse world since I don’t have an account there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

No, but you can create an account on an instance that federated both of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

No, you will not get all Lemmy content even if lemmynsfw.com doesn't block lemmy.ml.

See for yourself

You can normally browse lemmy.world instances though, not sure how well you can interact with their users or post.

Edit tip: If you're new, make 2-3 accounts in instances that match your different interests. If you use a lemmy client app on your phone, you can switch accounts between different instances easily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

i can see my user but no feed in profile i can see questions from diff lemmy instance users but not from lemmy.ml also i did not recieve dm from lemmynsfw.com profile although i was able to put the asklemmy post in the bar and able to get it but there was no comment and after writing a comment it does not reflected on ml instance . seems like i will have to create 2 more accounts on every decentralised platfrom

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yeah, things get weird and finicky when one instance defederates from another.

Feel free to create accounts in other instances that meet your needs, and please include proper punctuation in their application forms xD

Edit: Sorry for mocking your English, you probably aren't a native English speaker. Neither am I :P, my English used to be horrendous. It's still a bit shabby, but gets the job done when I need to convey my thoughts. Try your best to improve!

Edit edit: You could have simply typed in a hurry, I probably embarrassed myself 🤣

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I can vouch for lemm.ee being nice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently we’re moving to piefed 🤞

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

piefed seems interesting but i can only see lemmy subs and accounts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Fair, that’s all I want anyway. Masto overlap with lemmy is neat but usually pretty janky looking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

lemmy.dbzer0.com this is what i want , thx

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I like mine, discuss.tchncs.de.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours 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