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Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 20 hours agoSometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to see/browse.
For example you’re on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at lemmy.world/instances
In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there lemmy.world/post/13320356
vvilld@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Thanks. It doesn’t look like there are any blocked instances on lemmy.world. Is there a similar list of blocked communities?
Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 18 hours ago
To view blocked instances if you’re browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to lemmy.world/instances and click the “Blocked Instances” tab.
Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I’m not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.
I’ll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I’m not too onboard with but that’s just IMO.