FediDB has a "Threadiverse" category which tracks kbin + lemmy - we're up to 169,312 in total now!

Edit: Oops, forgot the link: https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse

This is why I'm using kbin right now.

I wonder if Kbin has 44k vs Lemmy's 37k due to the Lemmy front page loading bug under Hot or Active. It makes browsing the /All option very annoying, and isn't an issue on Kbin (which is why I'm defaulting to Kbin over Lemmy right now).

It would be nice if there were a way to search fediverse-wide. Being able to type a question + reddit into a search engine is such a good troubleshooting tool.

Apparently it is a thing - I found out how in another thread: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/23632/How-to-block-an-instance-on-a-personal-level

"For example, you want to block lemmygrad.ml - go to kbin.social/d/lemmygrad.ml (d for "domain") and from there you can block the whole instance (click on the 🚫)."

I'd say this way round is more reliable than having total users being the default. There are clearly servers with thousands of idle accounts (likely bot accounts) that are doing nothing (yet).

At least this way, people will know which servers are actually filled with people who are doing things.

Someone is going to be using those bots for some nefarious purpose at some point. Perhaps they wanted to direct people to that instance by using bots to push it to the top of the "most users" list and have a phishing link in there? I'm just not sure.

I went to Beehaw to see if this thread of messages was over there, and this thread is indeed visible there (I clicked on "more" then "copy URL to fediverse" to go see)!

How do you block a domain on kbin? I can't seem to figure it out.

Would this work, say, if one instance were to defederate from the instance you're registered on?