Is there a way to shop around for a Lemmy instance based on how many instances are blocking it and how many instances it’s blocking? For example, I noticed that the lemmygrad.ml instance is relatively popular, but it seems like a lot of other instances block it. It also blocks a bunch of other instances. So, if there are any communities on there that might be relevant to me then I would be missing out. I guess I could just create an account on a walled instance, but I would prefer not to keep creating accounts. I’d like to just find one instance that maximizes my access. Is the answer to just run my own instance?

  • 7eter@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    U might want to take a look at the federation map. It might be a bit overwhelming but in the settings on the bottom left you may chose blocked and allowed in order to get some insights on who federates with whom.

        • jarfil@lemmy.ml
          0·
          1 year ago

          Why can’t a user choose to block an instance? That sounds like it should be a feature request, at least for the app.

        • FaceDeer@lemmy.ml
          51·
          1 year ago

          Be mindlessly propagandistic “communist.” The countries they fawn over aren’t even particularly communist, they’re just authoritarian. Russia in particular is run by capitalist oligarchs.

          It’s just tiresome and pointless engaging with them.

            • comfy@lemmy.ml
              6·
              1 year ago

              It’s fine to be offended that they called you propagandised, but that doesn’t make it less offensive to immediately say the same thing back to them. You are both insulting each other, it’s not helping the Lemmygrad situation.

                • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
                  22·
                  1 year ago

                  I need to tell you something. You need to bear the patience of a saint with these liberals. If someone does not explain them, they will keep acting as state propaganda parrots. Its not too helpful to get right back at them, considering how unhinged and toxic they can act. You will lose everytime in shit slinging competition.

              • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
                01·
                1 year ago

                There is no “lemmygrad situation”, it’s gaslighting lemmy by liberals getting wind in the sails with reddit refugees and attacking us all the time. note this basically didn’t happen at all before, they just blocked us and maybe badmouthed in their dens, i don’t care, i;m not going there. The arguments we had on lemmy were heated but not resembling current offensive.

            • FaceDeer@lemmy.ml
              21·
              1 year ago

              I’m not speaking about you specifically, I have no idea who you are. I’m talking about lemmygrad in general. Just like the person you were responding to was talking about. He asked “what did lemmygrad.ml do?” And I’m clarifying that.

              It’s not that lemmygrad.ml is simply “communist.”

                • comfy@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  01·
                  1 year ago

                  They’re not sealioning, they’re responding to a bunch of strong, reasonably insulting allegations. Maybe not responding gracefully, but they’re not sealioning.

                  In fact, I don’t even think it’s possible for one reply to be sealioning, the whole point is that it’s repetitive harassment (as stated in the wiki link you posted). That’s why the original comic strip that defined it has so many panels.

                  • 0xc0ba17@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    0·
                    1 year ago

                    There’s a thread of replies arguing on the semantics of communism, willfully ignoring the fact that FaceDeer’s issue is about LemmyGrad and not communism, and repeating “you’ve chosen to engage with me” while this is very obviously the other way around.

          • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
            14·
            1 year ago

            Now I know why you refused to engage with or debate me on Tiananmen Square thread yesterday. Not very nice behaviour, honestly. Liberals are the most pointless, anti-revolutionary people on political spectrum, honestly. Either they will love the populist status quo that benefits them, or turn to the “protective” conservative/nationalistic ideas to enforce western imperialist status quo. It also sheds light on why conservatives and socialists have so much more intelligence and critical thinking than liberals.

        • thevoyage@no.lastname.nz
          1·
          1 year ago

          Basically sums it up really, although it’s great fun to drop in and stir up shit every so often.

          They’re completely off the deep end though.

      • fluffman86@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        @rrpeak@feddit.de linked one reddit post while I was searching for this one, so here it is anyway:

        https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/13zl7s1/fediversetips_i_do_not_recommend_lemmy_i_have/

        And here’s the OG mastodon post from fedi.tips:

        https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379

        Make sure to “Show More” on each post in the thread, including the replies. I thought it was all spamming the same post for a minute, lol.

        • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
          03·
          1 year ago

          Feditips comes off as such a Sinophobe, it is hilarious. Mastodon forgot to solve more racist problems than just virtue signalling against Nazism.