Are there any plans for lemmy.ml to federate with hexbear.net? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by aehnh@lemmy.ml to c/meta@lemmy.ml

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It seems lemmygrad.ml is federating with them and I was just wondering if this instance will too. I used to browse r/chapotraphouse before reddit banned them and I didn't know the community was still alive in hexbear until recently. I'm sure a lot of leftists in this instance would also benefit from being able to browse hexbear contents

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[-] bentropy@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Okay maybe I need some explanation here but I was under the impression that, as long as your home instance isn't actively blocking that other instance, you're able to interact/join any* community on that other instance.

I'm quite new to Lemmy so maybe I missed that info or misunderstood what being federated to another instance means.

[-] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Instances can be configured however they want. The standard right now is a blacklist (federate with everyone who asks except blocked instances). Hexbear was considering going with a whitelist instead (only federating with a small handful of servers).

[-] aehnh@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Oh ok I was partly right hahaha

[-] aehnh@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago

I think I was the confused one lol you're fine

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