Post 9ksUb8JCucEkobOd2O by jnv@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9krzGJZejg8p5rgPpY by fuxoft@kompost.cz
       2019-07-15T09:35:16Z
       
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       Questions about mastodon and blocked / banned instances: If I am just an unprivileged user (not admin) of Mastodon instance X, can I see what other instances it blocks from federating? Can I see what other instances are blocking my instance X? Can I see any of this BEFORE I sign up as an user on that instance?And what exactly happens when I try to follow someone on the blocked instance (I don't want to experiment with this too much and draw attention to myself).#mastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #9ks10JNnsXJ3m9dUzg by 61@en.osm.town
       2019-07-15T09:54:44Z
       
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       @fuxoft1. I don't think so.2. Idem.3. Idem, unless the admin bothered to mention it in the about page.4. Don't know. At a guess, you can follow but you'll never receive anything.The way I think of this: someone took the #NNTP functional specification and reimplemented it in 2010s technology.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ksUb8JCucEkobOd2O by jnv@mastodon.social
       2019-07-15T15:26:19Z
       
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       @fuxoft AFAIK publishing a list of blocked instances is upon admins' discretion, e.g. Mastodon.social has their list here: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon.social-misc
       
 (DIR) Post #9ksZjROuJPzK7CqLKK by fuxoft@kompost.cz
       2019-07-15T16:23:54Z
       
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       @jnv Thanks, that's what I've been afraid of. So, before joining any instance, the user has no way to reliable determine which instances are accessible from that one. He has to join and then experiment...
       
 (DIR) Post #9ksiv2Oxz0afe1TXs0 by leyonhjelm@freespeechextremist.com
       2019-07-15T18:06:53.636225Z
       
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       @fuxoft @jnvYep.  I played with Liberdon until I found FSE that way
       
 (DIR) Post #9ksvZrAtpOfG9E7t0S by dude@take.iteasy.club
       2019-07-15T20:28:42.864611Z
       
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       @fuxoft if you look at pleroma instead of mastodon you can check https://fediverse.network/ most pleroma instances expose their federation restrictions such as https://fediverse.network/take.iteasy.club/federation @jnv