Adding allowed instances

BenDoubleU@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 2 points –

I recently spun up my own lemmy instance and was wondering if I had to manually add other lemmy instances to the 'Allowed Instances' admin field, or if they are added automatically when someone searches for a lemmy instance?

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According to the documentation, the allowed instances field is to restrict federation to specific instances.

I'd recommend leaving it empty and leaving federation open

thank you! that's exactly what I was looking for. Was originally testing and added lemmy.world as an allowed instance and was wondering why federation wasn't working. TYSM!

Yup, I had the same question and was frustrated I was missing so many comments from instances that were federating. Just leave allowed blank and then block the bad ones unless your really concerned about bad instance actors.

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