I am seeking Lemmy instances that federate with three specific instances but do not federate with one other specific instance. I prefer these instances to have more than 50 users to ensure a vibrant community but not be among the top 10 largest instances to avoid contributing to network centralization. Once I compile a list of instances meeting these criteria, I plan to assess their ping to identify the most responsive one.

Does anyone know of a website or an easy method to identify instances that meet these criteria?

  • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    FYI that feature isn’t the same as defederation, not by a long shot:

    Users can now block instances. Similar to community blocks, it means that any posts from communities which are hosted on that instance are hidden. However the block doesn’t affect users from the blocked instance, their posts and comments can still be seen normally in other communities.

    It’s only really for communities on the Instance. So if the issue is something like Hexbear’s spam or harassment, a problem with users of a particular instance then this feature won’t help. So it’s still important to consider whether instances have defederated in these cases,