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How to see which instances an instance is (de)federated with? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca
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Is there any way to see which instances a given instances is defederated from? Ideal would be something like a sortable list of instances with a federated yes/no.

I'm curious about what Lemmy is like in other instances and that seems like a good way to get an overview. Plus it would be helpful to know that corners of the fediverse I'm missing

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

type old. in front of your lemmy address.

It makes lemmy look like reddit used to back in the day. This is actually a relatively new feature apparently... and clearly not at 100% functionality.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    @Canconda@lemmy.ca, @SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca

    We run a few different frontends to give people choice over how they view the site. The site lemmy.ca has one main backend where all the data is stored and managed, and then a few different frontends that connect to it. Only the default frontend is made by the same developers as the lemmy backend, so it tends to be the most stable and up to date with features, and that's the one we have set for when you just type in lemmy.ca

    You can check out the other frontends with the following links:

    In the case of this post, you can find the list of instances while using the default frontend by going to this page: https://lemmy.ca/instances

    This information will be true regardless of which frontend you are using to use the site. old.lemmy.ca might also display that information on some other page, but I'm not as familiar with it personally. I use the Photon interface sometimes, and that one displays it here: https://photon.lemmy.ca/instances

    We have some guides about all this on our website if you want to see a comparison of the frontends: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/alternative-uis

    Happy to clarify further on anything!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is actually a relatively new feature

    Naw, the MLMYM frontend (old.lemmy) has been around since the Reddit APIcalypse.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh? Weird I totally thought I read a ~3 month old post announcing it.

    I don't recall it being a thing back then but I must have been mistaken. Part of the reason I never migrated was how similar lemmy was to redesigned reddit.

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