/kbin meta @kbin.social CoffeeAddict @artemis.camp 1 yr. ago

How do I know which instances kbin is/is NOT Federated With?

Sorry if this has already been asked, but is there a way to know if kbin is or is not federated with another instance? I know there is a way to block domains by typing in https://your kbin instance/d/domain you want to block and blocking them from there, but is there a way to see a list of instances defederated by default?

Thanks

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I've seen this question a number of times since first joining, and never an answer. Also nothing that jumps out in the git pages mentioning it. Perhaps the idea is that because the user has more control in kbin than in Lemmy it's more open to each user's choices. Also, under the federation icon that can turn all federation on or off there's the mysterious "Instances:" that never has anything. Perhaps that's a placeholder for something.
- Darn - I was afraid this might be the case.
  
  I was also wondering what happens if someone from a defederated instance upvotes/downvotes you or your post. Is that even possible?
  
  I am still figuring out this fediverse stuff lol
  
  Kbin federates upvotes but does not federate downvotes. All downvotes are from people on the local instance only.
  
  Lemmy federates both but downvotes only go to other Lemmy instances, not Kbin instances.
  
  It's all a bit crazy, yes.
  
  I tried to speculate on an answer, but after several tries I'm not sure now either. Federation is a lot more complex a situation than just a simple ban (perhaps). It doesn't seem an absolute like if you blocked a single user, since communities can be separately blocked and that wouldn't affect an instance user from interaction with a kbin post or user elsewhere.
I'm on lemm.ee and at the bottom of pages there is an instances link that takes me to a page of instances that lemm.ee itself has defederated from. Maybe kbin has one of these? (I don't see one there....) I'm curious as well tho.
Pretty sure this isn't currently possible. I've created a feature request on kbin's issue tracker for it.
- And there's a pull request for it already. That was quick.
  
  Supposedly it's been rolled out but the proposed URL doesn't seem to be enabled on this instance (https://kbin.social/federation).
It looks like it is possible on other instances? Beehaw apparently has a list of federated and defederated instances, but it also looks like it might be manually updated by their admins.

Does kbin have something similar?

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