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9 times out of 10 it's because you didn't read this:

The only thing that you should write in that box is "I agree", like in the example above. If you don't, your application will be rejected as the text says.

I'm making this post as I'm aware that Lemmy does not convey the reason for rejection and some of you may be confused as to why we're not letting you in.

There are a few things to do so this one might take a couple of hours to complete, during which HC will not be available.

Edit: Maintenance done and Lemmy updated to the latest version, let me know if you notice anything funky.

We've added a few more instances to the federation list, including the likes of lemmy.world - let's see how we go. So far federation hasn't been bad, so I am cautiously optimistic.

Instances added:

• lemmy.world
• feddit.de
• midwest.social
• feddit.uk
• lemmy.eco.br
• feddit.dk
• lemmus.org
• sopuli.xyz
• eviltoast.org
• slrpnk.net
• monyet.cc
• linux.community
• lemmy.pt
• lemmy.kde.social
• suppo.fi
• lemmy.radio
• scribe.disroot.org
• feddit.nl
• feddit.cl
• lemmy.tedomum.net
• feddit.it
• sub.wetshaving.social
• awful.systems
• rblind.com
• szmer.info
• tucson.social

We're just looking for more people to talk to and Lemmy gives users the ability to block entire instances, so in theory there should be no need for anyone to defederate us. Some people will anyway but whatever: https://defed.xyz/check?name=hilariouschaos.com&software=lemmy

There are a few opinions floating around on either or not downvotes should be disabled.

I'm interested to see what everyone thinks and if there's a majority consensus one way or the other.

So please reply in this thread with your preference and why. You can also debate it in the comments.

Edit 23-03-2024 - Thanks everyone for your feedback. It looks like opinions are split on this, with good arguments made on either side. As downvotes aren't currently a big issue, we'll leave them as they are and we can revisit this again in future if things change.

A cult classic

For context: https://hilariouschaos.com/post/2268

It's done, feel free to start subbing to some external communities, and let's keep the conversation going on which instances we should link to.

Instances only see federated content from external communities that have at least one subscriber on the instance. If you want our content to propagate to a certain instance, then please sign up with them and start subbing to some of our communities - I've been doing this for the larger ones.

It will likely take 30-60min

I know all of us would be happy to have more people to interact with on content. The idea of limited federation came up a bit recently too, and I mentioned that we are open to it.

The reasons we haven't been federated have nothing to do with not wanting to open up to the rest of the Fediverse, and everything to do with the drama that comes with federation. Specifically, we don't want the dodgy porn that other instances get bombed with, the endless political fanatics who poison every topic, the admins who want to impose their views on you, the constant screeching and demonizing, etc. The overwhelming majority of all Fediverse content is hot garbage, and having to store that bloat for nothing is also a huge turn-off.

On the other hand, I think we can all agree that it would be nice to have more people to talk shit with, and federation is an easy(er) way to achieve that. Our current thinking is that we'd like to selectively federate with instances who tick off a few requirements:

1. No porn or loli shit or pedo apologists or anything like that
2. They require registration applications (this one's about spam)
3. Their admins aren't missing in action (also about spam)
4. Their rules don't sound like something Stalin would've come up with

The requirements above are just a way of me saying I don't have time to deal with this shit if it became high drama and high maintenance, so I'd like to avoid that if possible. I really don't care about political lean or anything like that.

Alice compiled an initial list:

• https://aussie.zone/
• https://lemmy.sdf.org/
• https://programming.dev/
• https://mander.xyz/
• https://monero.town/
• https://lemmy.zip/
• https://reddthat.com/
• https://feddit.ch/
• https://lemm.ee/
• https://lemmy.nz/
• https://dmv.social/
• https://iusearchlinux.fyi/
• https://fanaticus.social/
• https://lemmy.basedcount.com/
• https://donky.social/
• https://links.hackliberty.org/
• https://lotide.fbxl.net/

What are your thoughts?

Edit: Updated list