SonNeedGymJun 15, 2023

Are some instances/communities closed off from others?

https://lemmy.world/post/164386

Are some instances/communities closed off from others? - Lemmy.world

Still trying to get my bearings here. My account is through Lemmy.World and when I visit the Movies and TV community through lemmy.world/c/[email protected], I only see a few posts. But when I visit https://lemmy.film/c/moviesandtv [https://lemmy.film/c/moviesandtv], there’s a lot more activity. Did I mess something up in my settings or is this normal? Do I need to have multiple accounts for other instances? Thanks, y’all.

Show threadhydraJun 15, 2023
lemmy.world has been defederated at least by beehaw.org. If you want to participate there you will indeed have to make an account in another instance. IDK about other instances though. Also sometimes posts don't propagate to other instances since population here just exploded. Lemmy's software stack is being developed to handle the higher demand better.
Show threadHedupJun 15, 2023
It would be cool to have some sort of federation map, that shows which communities have federated and which have not. Maybe it already exists?
Show threadJoe

@Hedup Try https://lemmy.world/instances

e: Also by region or whatever you want https://joinfediverse.wiki/Instances

Instances - Lemmy.world

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Show threadHedupJun 15, 2023
Ah, thanks. Looks like beehaw.org is still federated with lemmy.world, but just in one direction since at https://beehaw.org/instances lemmy.world is in the blocked list.
Show threadJoeJun 15, 2023
@Hedup Yep. They defederated yesterday. https://beehaw.org/post/567170
Show threadMadCybertistJun 15, 2023
Then they aren’t federated and likely won’t see posts, right? If instance A defederates from Instance B, no matter what instance B does, they don’t talk.
Show threadJoeJun 15, 2023
@MadCybertist @SonNeedGym @hydra @Hedup Yep. They might seem like there talking but you will be talking to yourself. They have to federate to be able to talk and see all there comments and post. you might see some stuff now cause its cached but once they reboot or whatever you won't see anything
Show threadHedupJun 15, 2023

They do talk, but only in one direction.

This post explains the mechanism comprehensively.

https://lemm.ee/post/60220

Show threadAFK BRB ChocolateJun 16, 2023
I'm no expert here, but I believe Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world means that people on Beehaw don't see content from people on lemmy.world, and people on lemmy.world can see but can't contribute to content on Beehaw. If lemmy.world defederated Beehaw, it would go the other direction.
Show threadHedupJun 16, 2023
Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant by defederation in one direction.