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Are there any apps/instances that default to local only and you have to opt-in to federated instances? (piefed.social)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I find the inclusion of every federated instance in ‘All’ fairly annoying. New tiny/niche/vanity instances get added by default when federated. There ends up being too much duplication and stuff I’m not interested in.

I’d much rather a system that only includes the local instance by default with a way to discover and add other instances.

My instance block list is long but there’s always new instances to block. For me, this a design flaw of the fediverse.

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[–] 17 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Can't you just make the Local feed your default?

Personally I just subscribe to everything I want to see and browse that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    The only problem with that is not seeing posts from other instances I don’t want to block.

    Maybe it’s just me, but I’d prefer Subscribed to be personally curated communities, Local to be instance curated, and All to be a place to get a broader picture of, well, everything.

    I’d just find it easier/more natural to opt-in to other instance content rather than opt-out.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    sorry I don't understand the difference that you're looking for

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Yes. I want All to be just other instances that I’m interested in. Not every available (federated) instance.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    so you want to be able to subscribe to instances and have a new feed for the "Subscribed Instances" (as opposed to the existing Subscribed for communities)

    not directly related, but have you looked at Feeds and Topics? https://piefed.social/feeds and https://piefed.social/topics

    You can also follow remote feeds https://piefed.social/feed/add_remote

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